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Many Jewish families changed their last names when they came to America; but, contrary to popular belief, your family’s name did not change at Ellis Island. There are myriad reasons why your family’s name did change: errors in transliteration, a desire to simplify spelling, or even to assimilate and better one’s economic prospects during a more overtly antisemitic time. However, genealogists, like Caitlin, know that passenger lists were written at the port of departure, and until 1924 visas were