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Reading given name of German great-grandaunt?
I also found it useful to have this PDF around for comparing the letters. The benefit being you can zoom it in quite a bit:
https://feefhs.org/sites/default/files/guide/german-gothic.pdf
Once you get ...
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Why might name Ferdinando be found in early 17th century Cornwall baptisms?
I have a Ferdinando too, and fondly imagined I might have a shipwrecked Spaniard in my tree. However, I think the answer is in the name of Sir Ferdinando Gorges c1565-1647, governor of Plymouth. He ...
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Can one known use of a name be regarded as a nickname?
Frank and Francis are the same name; one is from the Old German for "a Frenchman", the other is from the Latin for same, transmitted via Italian. E.G. Withycombe's Oxford Dictionary of English ...
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Is there a chart type that shows myself, a chosen ancestor, every intervening ancestor and their siblings?
It took me a full day to get this chart done, but here are two solutions:
(A) Graphic box chart with photos and some facts (birth, death)
(1) Isolate your dataset of names you want to include and ...
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Creating record for individual where no details are known?
Ideally, there should be a record created for the father. Everyone has/had one, even if the details are unknown. Having a record for them allows you (or someone else) to add sketchy details if and ...
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Creating record for individual where no details are known?
I have created no-name records because they are a natural home for research notes detailing what searches I have done looking for him. Aside from that, there isn't really any reason that I can see to ...
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Norwegian naming conventions
You could try contacting an ex-pat organization like "The Sons of Norway" if you can. Since they often have maintaining culture as part of their mission, explaining recent naming conventions might be ...
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People who give their children the same first name as themselves
This often happened if the first child or children died young.
I have several ancestors of the 17th or 18th centuries where a child John was born and died in infancy. Another son was born and also ...
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Did son-in-law have a different meaning in mid-19th century England?
According to the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), son-in-law also meant stepson as late as the 1730s. Consider that the OED usage patterns are estimates based on printed, often mainstream sources. I'...
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