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• Our child would surely bring honor to the Sparklejam name!

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 631
  So, the Mr. and I have different last names. I did not take his name upon marriage. Now we are discussing very hypothetical children and Im looking for some good hive mind rumination on the proper course of action. When we got married, the Mr. wanted me to take his name. I demurred for both personal and political ...
  3 days ago

• Surname Saturday - LAMPHIER > SMITH (NY>WI>IA>MO>KS>NE>CA)

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 584
  Its Saturday, and time for another Surname Saturday post about one of my family lines. Im doing these in Ahnentafel List order - starting with the first entry for the specific surname in my Ahnentafel List. Im starting this SMITH list with my great-grandmother, Abbie Ardell (Della) SMITH (1862-1944). She is #13 on my ...
  5 days ago

• Surname Saturday - WHITE

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 584
  Its Saturday - time for another Surname Saturday post. Im doing mine in ahnentafel order. Number 11 on my ahnentafel list is Julia White. Here is my ahnentafel report for the WHITE line from Julia back to William White on the Mayflower in 1620 (Note: I have reduced the children to a list of names in order to ...
  1 week ago

• Finding Sarah Martins Parents - Mark Putman did it!

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 584
  It has been an exciting week or two for Mark Putman who shares ancestry with me to John and Sarah (Martin) Putman. I wrote about the dilemma of searching for Sarahs parents before - in: * The Elusive Sarah Martin (1792-1860), wife of John Putman * Digging in the Putman Garden of Genealogy Mysteries * Evidence ...
  1 week ago

• English Siblings Named Peppermint, Frodo, Blackbird, Voorhees, etc.

  
  Nancy's Baby Names — Authority: 423
  Sara Foss of Derby, England has 13 children. Their names are: Patrick, 23 Stephen, 13 Malachai, 12 Peppermint, 11 Echo, 10 Eli, 9 Rogue, 8 Frodo, 7 Morpheus, 5 Artemis, 4 Blackbird, 3 Baudelaire, 2 Voorhees, 9 months My first thought was: A mom of 13 has time to read Baudelaire? (And, if so, she really ...
  2 weeks ago

• Embarrassing surnames

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 510
  One can only pity the wretched rugby commentator in straight-laced 1930s New Zealand who, on reading the Springbok team list, was confronted with the name “Ebbo Bastard”. “This one, I think we’ll call Smith”, was what he actually said in the end. In a previous post, I recounted my ordeal over once having to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jonathan Jansen and the four phases of controversy

  
  The Wild Frontier — Authority: 126
  THE row over University of the Free State rector, Professor Jonathan Jansen has entered the “sub-radar” phase of its life, which is a good thing.Like all South African controversies, it has enjoyed — or endured, depending on how you see it — four basic phases.The first was the “pre-radar” phase during ...
  2 weeks ago

• Surname Saturday - HILDRETH

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 584
  Its Surname Saturday, and I am working down my Ahnentafel List to highlight each surname in order of appearance. Of course, these lists start with female ancestors and then quickly go to the patrilineal line of those female ancestors. Todays surname is HILDRETH - a fine English name with a long New England ...
  2 weeks ago

• Experts, Decision Makers Discuss “Migrations And Globalization” in Senegal

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  Human movements are at the center of African societies’ dynamics, the minister in charge of Senegalese living overseas, Sada Ndiaye, said at the opening in Dakar of an international conference on “Migrations and Globalisation : Present and Future Challenges.” According to Mr. Ndiaye, the present stakes and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Working With Surname Variations

  
  Destination: Austin Family — Authority: 532
  [This post was created as part of the 24th Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy ] Despite enduring two years of German while working on my bachelors degree (can you tell I hated it?), I still have trouble with certain words specifically surnames.  When I am doing research, I will ...
  3 weeks ago

• Thai Surnames

  
  Thailand Voice — Authority: 155
  People who know Thailand are aware that surnames are very rarely used. People are addressed perfectly politely by their given name. In fact surnames have not been around in Thailand for all that long and they obviously have never achieved the same… Read full story >>> Written by: phanaperson. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Surname Saturday: PLUTA

  
  What's Past is Prologue — Authority: 449
  Surname - PLUTA Meaning/Origin – The name PLUTA ( hear it pronounced in Polish ) is derived from the Polish word pluć , meaning “to spit”.  Pluta means “spitter” or bad weather!  (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second Edition by William F. Hoffman) Countries of Origin - ...
  3 weeks ago

• Say It in Polish

  
  What's Past is Prologue — Authority: 449
  As a Polish-American interested in genealogy, I quickly learned that pronunciation is the key to everything.   How can you properly research a family if you can’t say the language correctly? I realized that there are American English pronunciations of Polish surnames and place names, and then there is the real ...
  4 weeks ago

• Twin vs. Twin – Travers or Fletcher?

  
  Nancy's Baby Names — Authority: 423
  Identical twin brothers Travers Mackel and Fletcher Mackel are reporters for the same local news station in New Orleans. Which name do you like better, Travers or Fletcher? Why?
  4 weeks ago

• Belated Saturday Night Fun - Oswalt/Oswald World Surname Distribution

  
  Jessica's Genejournal — Authority: 118
  For this Saturday Night Challenge, Randy has challenged other genealogy bloggers to determine the world wide distribution of their surnames , and although Im late in posting my response, I still wanted to write something before the weekend ends. For this challenge, I searched for two surnames: Oswalt and Oswald. ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Did You Get Your Name?

  
  planetjan — Authority: 104
  I could have been named Susan or Barbara, but the relatives in California nabbed those first.  So, I was named Janet.   When I got married my husband started calling me Jan.  I was fine with that.  Because I was such a happy child, my nickname was “Jan-ny Gay.”  But that was back before…oh, you know. When ...
  4 weeks ago

• The MacEntee Surname Distribution

  
  Destination: Austin Family — Authority: 532
  This weeks Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at Randy Seavers Genea-Musings asks participants to determine the worldwide and local distribution of their surname. Here is what Ive been able to find about the MacEntee surname using the World Names Profiler : The countries listed include Ireland with 5.49 persons ...
  4 weeks ago

• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Surname Distributions!

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 584
  Hey, genealogy fans - its Saturday Night, and time for some Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music...), is: 1) Find out the geographical distribution of your surname - in the world, in your state or province, in your county or parish. I suggest that ...
  4 weeks ago

• Take a look at Dick Eastmans GenQueries site

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 584
  Dick Eastman has created a free genealogy queries and advertisement web site at www.GenQueries.com . See Dicks announcement here. Why did he do this? His post says: "For years, genealogy magazines and newsletters have published queries for their readers. These serve as public notices of I am looking for... ...
  5 weeks ago

• Baby Boy Named after Canadian Coast Guard Boat

  
  Nancy's Baby Names — Authority: 423
  Uwe Schiek and Nalia Barkman of rural Lasqueti Island had been planning to travel to Vancouver before the birth of their son. But that plan fell through when he decided to show up over a week early. The baby ended up being born several days ago aboard Canadian Coast Guard vessel Cape Edensaw . What was he ...
  5 weeks ago

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