Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

28, 2016 9:53 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names Just my humble opinion. A surname is a surname whether it was derived from the surname of the father, the given name of the father or the name of the farm upon which the

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

] On Behalf Of Dale McIntyre Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 9:53 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names Just my humble opinion. A surname is a surname whether it was derived from the surname of the father, the given name of the

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

"Linda Greethurst" <llg...@gmail.com> > *An:* "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > *Betreff:* Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names > The patronym IS the normal surname if you are researching those areas who > have subscribed to that practice. If

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

uld >> be listed (as option) under the patronym and under the surname. >> >> Regards, >> Thomas >> >> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 25. November 2016 um 18:07 Uhr >> *Von:* "Linda Greethurst" <llg...@gmail.com> >> *An:* "Legacy User Grou

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

endet:* Freitag, 25. November 2016 um 18:07 Uhr > *Von:* "Linda Greethurst" <llg...@gmail.com> > *An:* "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > *Betreff:* Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names > The patronym IS the normal surname if you are research

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

ot;Linda Greethurst" <llg...@gmail.com> An: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Betreff: Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names The patronym IS the normal surname if you are researching those areas who have subscribed to that practice.  If a surname ends in a varia

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

I just have to add that while what Linda says is basically true, sometimes people did take a farm name as their last name and the family kept that as their last name in spite of moving far away from the farm the name came from. No rules without exceptions and there were quite a few of those. There

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

Couldn't you also use the "Residence name" to determine the residence to create a Residence event? Sherry On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Linda Greethurst wrote: > The patronym IS the normal surname if you are researching those areas who > have subscribed to that practice.

Re: [LegacyUG] patronymic names

The patronym IS the normal surname if you are researching those areas who have subscribed to that practice. If a surname ends in a variation of "son, sen" or "datter, dotter" then you KNOW it was a patronym. Anything else identifies a residence where they lived at some point in their life. Those

[LegacyUG] patronymic names

Hello,   my east-frisian (part of north germany) ancestors have patronymic names. In my old genealogy-programm i could enter the patronymic name in a special field. There I could search for patronymic names as surname, the persons are listed under the patronymic in surname list, in reports I can