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dududud
03-24-2019, 12:26 AM
From my ''alsacian'' side:

MAMMOSER (MAMHAUSER ; MAMOSER) ;
WEISS ;
BETSCH (BAETSCH ; BATSCH) ;
REMMER ;
TRENDEL (DRENDEL) ;
HALTER ;
MARX (Marks) ;
VOLMAR ;
HECKLAEUR ;
FEUERSTEIN (FEIERSTEIN ; FEVERSTEIN) ;
DENTZEL (DAENTZLER ; DAENTZEL) ;
SCHMITT (SCHMIDT) ;
HECKEL (HAEGLER ; HAEGEL) ;
KOCHER ;
HERBST ;
CUNTZ (KUNTZ) ;
BILLINGER ;
WEHINGER ;
PFLUGMACHER ;
EINHORN ;
HOFFNER.

dududud
03-24-2019, 04:18 AM
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Pine
03-24-2019, 04:54 AM
Some of them are very common amongst Jews.

dududud
03-24-2019, 08:46 AM
Some of them are very common amongst Jews.

Yeah i know.

but I have the marriage certificate (in a church, therefore) for each of the ancestors. they were all Catholics.

many Alsatian Jews took Germanic surnames in Alsace.
but the marriage records were more complicated to look for.