Hi Lloyd,
>From this website:
http://www.ukraine.com/forums/genealogy/15745-what-does-vel-mean.html
we find the following answer -
VEL means OR in Galician Records.*** [Can apply to Bukovina records, too -
bir]
***During Austro-Hungarian Period, the abbreviation was used when the
parents of the individual had not had the required civil marriage or when
the individual him or herself had not had the required civil marriage. It
applied to a man as well as a woman. The individual’s surname was styled
with both the surname of the mother and the father or used to show the
woman’s “maiden” name and the religiously married name. This styling is
seen more in birth and marriage records than death records. I’ve also seen
it in marriage records for the parents of the bride and groom. Not every
registrar employed this styling. It was more common among non-Jewish
registrars in small places.
Bruce
On 6/9/15, 0:09, "Lloyd" <longislanderl_at_aol.com> wrote:
>When my maternal grandfather emigrated here to the US in 1913 from
>Chernowitz, he was 16 years old.
>In his naturalization papers he filled out 10 years later I found he had
>two last names. He was Louis Herbst vel Finger. As part of his
>declaration he dropped the name Finger and for the rest of his life was
>known as Louis Herbst.
>Why would he have two surnames? Was that a tradition among Bukovina Jews?
>Was Finger his Mom's or Dad's surname?
>Thanks.
>Lloyd
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