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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

I Am Veit

My cousin has been doing some genealogical digging, and found my great grandmother's marriage license from 1900.

And it confirmed what I always believed to be true, I am Veit:


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Posted by William A. Jacobson at 10:15 AM

12 comments:

  1. syd B.January 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Oyveh!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Too funny. I had to read it a few times to get it. Again, too funny.

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  3. PalmsRVJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    As many records as I've viewed in several years of genealogical research, never have I seen "veit." Love it!

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  4. TrochilusJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Heh! Wait . . . don't you mean you're белый . . . You know, one really has to wonder about much of what got recorded in haste back in the day, although it is pretty clear that this was someone's "phonetic" recording.

    Quite charming in a way.

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  5. HighlanderJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Okay, so the clerk asks your great-grandmother "color?" and she answers in her Russian-accented English "veit" (white) - and instead of lifting his head to make his own determination, he writes what he hears.

    There is an odd comfort in knowing that every generation has to deal with nameless, faceless, and above all, mindless bureaucrats.

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  6. A.WorthingJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    maybe you are actually part vietnamese. has that occurred to you?

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  7. syd B.January 26, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    That would make Obama a half veit.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Precious. Every time I order a Veit Russian at the bar, it's a most pleasant experience.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    What a cute story - discovery!

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  10. Papab46January 26, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Be thankful your "Veit" and not "De Verst Bunker".

    http://rightreactions.blogspot.com/

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  11. Bill DyszelJanuary 26, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    Pleh det funky music, veit boi!

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  12. Bartender CabbieJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    lol Bill Dyszel

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