List: Name Adoption List of Mainz, 1808 (These lists pertain to families, who as of 1808 had not yet adopted definite family names.) Seven pages.

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Name/Title

List: Name Adoption List of Mainz, 1808 (These lists pertain to families, who as of 1808 had not yet adopted definite family names.) Seven pages.

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EarlyFam2.013.004

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List: Name Adoption List of Mainz, 1808 (These lists pertain to families, who as of 1808 had not yet adopted definite family names.) Seven pages. After Napoleon's Declaration of Regulating the Jews in 1808, all Jews were required to declare a last name. This entry is one of the lists of the old and new names. Several members and close relatives of the Straus family are on these lists.