I am almost certain that is how one of my g.g. gandfathers name got to changed from Augustus Reif to August Raif.    Joseph Sealy, Texas --- On Mon, 2/16/09, jim gambrel <[email protected]> wrote: From: jim gambrel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PBS] Name change "myth" To: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 11:54 AM I agree - any person coming from a country that did not have English as their language, stood the risk of having their name changed to what it sounded like, in English. All agents that handled passengers coming from overseas spoke only English, and could not be bothered to wait for a translator. I found this to be the case in several names I am researching, and was told this as well by my grandparents. Muriel

His name was not changed at all! Augustus is August, with the only difference that Augustus is a LATIN version of August. ALL first names in church records in most of the European countries - certainly in Germany, Austria, Poland - were written in Latin even though in a real life the persons went by their names in the languages of the country - here August. ella -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph C Dorsey Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PBS] PBS] Name change "myth" I am almost certain that is how one of my g.g. gandfathers name got to changed from Augustus Reif to August Raif. Joseph Sealy, Texas