Re: Help with family name, please

"Judy Bolton" <jbolton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...

My maternal grandmother's side is Venezky, originally Winnitzky or something close > to that. Could someone please tell me the meaning of Winnitz? It it a place or...?

My atlas tells me there's a city called Vinnitsa in Ukraine, a couple of hundred km SW of Kiyev. Is it possible that the family came from there?

Of course there's also Vienna (Vyena in Russian), which no doubt had many Yiddish-speakers about then. Or even Venice (Venezia), which probably didn't.

Just guessing. I'm sure some of our Slavic speakers will be along before long with better informed suggestions.

John.

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