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• Louisiana Surnames Louisiana Researchers

  
  Louisiana Genealogy Blog — Authority: 394
  Louisiana Surnames - Louisiana Researchers Add or search for your surnames.
  6 days ago

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

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 624
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 588
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Surname Saturday - WHITE

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 588
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Finding Sarah Martins Parents - Mark Putman did it!

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 588
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  Nancy's Baby Names — Authority: 420
  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: 527
  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: 124
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Surname Saturday - HILDRETH

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 588
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

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

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Working With Surname Variations

  
  Destination: Austin Family — Authority: 514
  [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 ...
  4 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. ...
  4 weeks ago

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