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Subject: Re: Looking for surname "Arubay"
Author: Christine   (guest, 64.136.49.226)
Date: April 22, 2005 at 5:36:19 PM
Reply to: Looking for surname "Arubay" by P.
Is it possible that the spelling was Arabay? If so the origin is Russian. Remember that many people came to the US and the people at Ellis Island or where ever they landed couldn't understand the people and so spelled the name just the way they heard it.

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