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dorf Name Meaning and History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or topographic name for someone who lived in a village, German Dorf.

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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dorf family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of dorf Families in the US in 1920
Number of dorf families
 28-54
 10-27		 1-9
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 10 - Messages: 29
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Dorf's in Philadelphia JoyceAlthoff53 6
Dorf from Lithuania/Russia lucianfr 0
doing fabry family tree nancy dorf 12
seeking relatives ltestagrose 0
Searching for James Robert Dorff Becky 0
Dorf descendants in Shadyside/St. Clairsville blootoe1 0
Ancestors Bruce A Wexler 1
Geneaology on ansestors of Cilsdorf J Drenk 0
Lorell Dorf Lorell Dorf 0
Dorf, Rose Ann (m. Ralph Wegman) MGBlue 0
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