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From: MTB <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Berger
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:42:19 -0400

Re: the comment that <<You're 100% right these names are not
hungarians(magyar) so: Please approach the counter of jewish.genealogy web
site. . . . >> [Note: geneAlogy, not geneOlogy]

Well, yes and no. Yes, you're right that Berger is a German name, not a
Magyar name. However, it was not a typical Jewish name either, at least in
the Burgenland, where dozens of Berger families and shop owners were
Catholic, in places like Deutschkreutz, Kobersdorf, and Lackenbach. I have
found a few Jewish Bergers, but most by far are Catholics. Many other
Catholic families are 'Perger.'

Good luck.

Maureen Tighe-Brown
University of Pittsburgh.

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