Book: A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames by Lars Menk< CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE/title> </head> <body style="background-color: antiquewhite;"> <p> <table bgcolor="black" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center"><b><font color="white" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4">For phone orders call 1-800-AVOTAYNU (286-8296)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="silver" width="10%"><br> </td> <td width="80%"> <p> <table style="width: 100%;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="50%"> <b><font color="blue" size="6">A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames</font></b><br> <b><font color="blue" size="4">by Lars Menk<br> </font></b><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica">This dictionary identifies more than 13,000 German-Jewish surnames from the area that was pre-World War I Germany. From Baden-Wuerttemburg in the south to Schleswig-Holstein in the north. From Westfalen in the west to East Prussia in the east. In addition to providing the etymology and variants of each name, it identifies where in the region the name appeared, identifying the town and time period. More than 300 sources were used to compile the book. A chapter provides the Jewish population in many towns in the 19th century.<br> <br> The effort took nearly 10 years and used more than 300 sources to compile the information. <br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> </font> <pre>8½" x 11" 824 pp. hardcover $89.00<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;"></span></pre> <p> </p> </td> <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;"> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <pre align="CENTER"><img src="../gifs/Menk240.jpg" align="bottom" border="0" height="315" width="240"></pre> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <pre><form action="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi" method="post" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"> <input name="add" src="../gifs/orderbook.gif" align="baseline" border="0" height="27" type="image" width="96"><input name="item" size="0" value="a-3609^BK426^German-JewishSurnames^89.00^1" type="hidden"> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;"></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;"></span><br> </form></pre> <div style="text-align: center;"> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;"><small><small><small><small><small><small> </small></small></small></small></small></small><br> </span></div> <small><a href="http://www.avotaynu.com/books/menkpage.pdf"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sample page from the dictionary</span></a> <span style="font-family: Arial;">(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)</span><br> <br style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.avotaynu.com/books/MenkPopulation.pdf">Sample page from Chapter 4: List of Locations with a Jewish Population in the 19th Century</a> (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)<br> <br> <a href="MenkNames.htm">Complete list of surnames: (500K download)</a></span></small> <br> <pre><b><font color="blue" size="4">Contents</font></b><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acknowledgements</span> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction </span> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .viii<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to Use the Dictionary</span> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix<br> Structure of Each Dictionary Entry. . . . . . . . . . . ix<br> 1) Etymology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix<br> 2) Before 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x<br> 3) After 1800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x<br> Diphthongs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi<br> German á. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii<br> Rare Spelling Variations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Transliteration of Hebrew Letters</span>. . . . . . . . . . . .xii<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abbreviations Used </span>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii<br> General Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii<br> Types of Surnames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii<br> Abbreviations for Location Names. . . . . . . . . . . xiii<br> German Federal States (1996) or Provinces of Prussia (1871) xiii<br> German Districts (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv<br> Districts of Prussia, East of the rivers Elbe and Neisse (1871) xviii<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">About This Dictionary</span>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi<br> Geographical Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi<br> Categories of Surnames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi<br> Statistical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxiii<br> Sixty Most Common Surnames. . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxiii<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 1: A Short History of Jewish Surnames in Germany</span>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br> Jurisdictions and Dates for Mandated Surnames in Central Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br> Historical Development of the Concentration of Surnames in Some Areas . . . . . . . . . .5<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 2: Number of Jews in the Territories of Germany and Prussia</span> . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br> Number of Jews in the Territories of Germany and Prussia Around 1816 . . . . . . . . . . 8<br> Number of Jews in the Provinces of Prussia in 1825 And Percent of Total Jewish Population8<br> Biggest Jewish Communities in Germany around 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8<br> Biggest Jewish Communities in Germany in 1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 3: Historical Jewish Surnames in Germany Before the 17th Century </span>. . . . . . . . 10<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 4: List of Locations with a Jewish Population in the 19th Century</span> . . . . . . . .17<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glossary</span> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bibliography</span> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br> Principle Sources of Surnames . . . . . . . . . . . . 106<br> Published Naturalization Lists . . . . . . . . . . . .106<br> Published Family Name Adoption Lists . . . . . . . . .107<br> Unpublished Primary Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . .107<br> Secondary Sources of Family Names . . . . . . . . . . 109<br> Lexica, Dictionaries, Gazetteers . . . . . . . . . . .109<br> Family and Personal Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109<br> Local and Family History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 <br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames . . . . . . . . . 125-832</span></pre> </td> <td bgcolor="silver" width="10%"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </body> </html>