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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is anyone familiar with the family name <span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>יאקאב</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have not been consistent so far in establishing this name. The following forms can be found in the Authority File:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yakab<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yakav<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yakov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yakob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can establish it provisionally with the various references, but was wondering if anyone had definitive knowledge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>