tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post1500499852094681385..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Was Great Grandpa's Name Changed at Ellis Island?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-53999914908801370472015-07-04T17:43:51.205-04:002015-07-04T17:43:51.205-04:00I live in a Mennonite community in Central Kansas ...I live in a Mennonite community in Central Kansas and we have a number of families with the surname Jantzen. While visiting Sioux Falls, South Dakota, I met a man who had grown up in a Mennonite community in Western Kansas and had attended college in the town that I live in. His surname was Johnson and that he had lots of Jantzen cousin in our community. He told me that his great-grandfather Art Crockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-51635487646525451552015-07-03T12:11:32.514-04:002015-07-03T12:11:32.514-04:00Philip Sutton at the NYPL Blog wrote an article ab...Philip Sutton at the NYPL Blog wrote an article about this ... and has one interesting case where the name on the outbound register from England doesn't match the US Passenger list. http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/name-changes-ellis-islandJan Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06955777567178892247noreply@blogger.com