Re: [Cz-L] Rivno sawmill

Thank you Bruce for doing the research. I think that this theory is
quite believable.
Most Bukovina Jews came from Galicia and generally speaking,
European Jews often adopted the name of the town from which they came.
The variation of the name "Resch rather than "Reisch" may be due to
the fact,
that in the late 19th and early 20th century many Jews knew only
Yiddish,
and did not know how to spell their name in German.

Mimi
On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:07 PM, Bruce Reisch wrote:

> Alternate theory from the database of Beit Hatefutsot:
>
> Rzeszow - a town in Galicia known in Yiddish as Reisha.
> See: <http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rzeszow/index.htm>
> Some Jews coming from Reisha and living elsewhere at the time surnames
> were adopted in the A-H empire, would have taken the surname
> Reischer or
> Reisch (a shortened version).
>
> Perhaps Rzeszow itself was named after a nearby reed bed? This would
> combine both theories . . . but all very speculative.
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
>

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