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From: Carla Heller <>
Subject: [B-W] Helpful Online Links for German Name Research 01/2002]
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 23:05:09 -0800

Dear Baden-Wuerttemberg List Friends,

In response to those seeking help with names (both given names and
surnames), there are a number of Web sites which provide information
about German and other given names, surnames and nicknames that are very
helpful to family researchers. Visit one or more for more information
(all of those below are FREE):

German Names/Deutsche Namen, Part One: First Names
http://german.miningco.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa042699.htm

German Names, Part Two: Surnames (Nachnamen)
http://german.miningco.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa050399.htm

German First Names Lexicon (Vornamenlexikon)
http://german.miningco.com/homework/german/library/blvornamen01.htm

List of 300 Selected German Girl's and Boy's First Names
http://www.serve.com/shea/namelist.htm

Catholic Online Saints [name index]
[As children were often named after recognized 'saints,' this is a
superb resource for figuring out such archaic and unfamiliar first
name[s] as "Kunigunda," "Kilianus," "Sixtus," "Dionys," "Urbanus,"
"Eleutherius," "Polycarpus," "Eudoxia," "Hieronymous," "Blaisius," and
many, many more]
http://saints.catholic.org/stsindex.html

18th Century Pennsylvania Dutch [German] Nicknames
http://www.kerchner.com/nickname.htm

18th Century Pennsylvania Dutch [German] Naming Customs
http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm

German Names in America
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/surnames.htm

Gateway to Surname Origins (many links, not limited to Germanic names)
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/windshipgenhelp/indexsurnamehelps.html

Translation of First Names (interactive, but not comprehensive)
http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/html/wwp/engl/entr/trans.html

The Origins of Family Names
http://www.familychronicle.com/surname.html

"Dit" Names (Name Variations)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lwjones/dit.htm

Behind the Name: The Etymology & History of First Names
(has an alphabetic search feature)
http://www.behindthename.com/

German First Names & Their Meanings (site in German)
http://www.kindername.de/

I have used a number of these sites in the course of my own research.
Hope they prove helpful to others!

With warmest wishes,

Carla HELLER, Los Angeles, California USA
List Co-Administrator, ROOTSWEB'S Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing List

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