Hi, <Rarose11@aol.com> wrote: > I know that Weintraub means grape stomper but > where did the name get > started. According to Alexander Beider's books on Jewish surnames, this name comes from the German word _Weintraube_, "bunch of grapes," and it could get started anywhere people who spoke German -- especially Jews -- grew grapes. That's why there's no one place where you find people by this name; it was scattered all over central and eastern Europe. It was spelled many different ways, according to the phonetics of the language used. Avotaynu's Consolidated Jewish Surname Index [CJSI] (a database of some 700,000 surnames, mostly Jewish, found in 42 different databases) shows over 50 spellings: http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html This site matches names phonetically, using the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex. Search using [W]EINTRAUB to restrict matches to names beginning with W, or else you'll get jillions more matches that aren't really that close. Some of the spellings, such as WEINTRAUB itself, show up in practically all the databases listed there. Other spellings show up in only a few databases. So as with many other surnames formed from terms referring to common objects, WEINTRAUB didn't just start in one place. It could get started anywhere people spoke German and worked with grapes -- and that means all over central and eastern Europe. Fred Hoffman Author, _Polish Surnames: Origins & Meanings_

Hello everyone! I am looking for the town my grandmother came from. On the ship's manifest it was spelt as follows: Pydicia, Galicy in Austria. Her name was Karolina Luczyka and she arrived here in December 29, 1905 as a single person. She was born in 1880. I searched for the town but with no luck. Was it spelt different or did it disappear? Any help or answers would be appreciated. Rich Luczek ooloo¯¯l,[o___o],l---L--[]lllll[]¬()_) ()_)----)_) My RubiconNew York Rich > From: wmfhoffman@sbcglobal.net> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:50:15 -0500> Subject: [PBS] Weintraub> > Hi,> > <Rarose11@aol.com> wrote:> > > I know that Weintraub means grape stomper but > > where did the name get> > started.> > According to Alexander Beider's books on Jewish > surnames, this name comes from the German word > _Weintraube_, "bunch of grapes," and it could get > started anywhere people who spoke German -- > especially Jews -- grew grapes. That's why there's > no one place where you find people by this name; > it was scattered all over central and eastern > Europe. It was spelled many different ways, > according to the phonetics of the language used.> > Avotaynu's Consolidated Jewish Surname Index > [CJSI] (a database of some 700,000 surnames, > mostly Jewish, found in 42 different databases) > shows over 50 spellings:> > http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html> > This site matches names phonetically, using the > Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex. Search using [W]EINTRAUB > to restrict matches to names beginning with W, or > else you'll get jillions more matches that aren't > really that close. Some of the spellings, such as > WEINTRAUB itself, show up in practically all the > databases listed there. Other spellings show up in > only a few databases.> > So as with many other surnames formed from terms > referring to common objects, WEINTRAUB didn't just > start in one place. It could get started anywhere > people spoke German and worked with grapes -- and > that means all over central and eastern Europe.> > Fred Hoffman> Author, _Polish Surnames: Origins & Meanings_ > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message