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Subject: Re: [DK] German NAMING System
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 14:14:30 EDT

In a message dated 05/03/2003 11:49:19 AM Central Daylight Time,
writes:


Hi Bart,

Hazel mentioned a "German numbering system" which I find is the "ahnentafel
numbering system," according to the web site she mentioned.

But thank you so much for the NAMING system, as I had never heard this
explanation, and it certainly helps in my case.

Barbara (1/2 German - but what can I do)
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> Barbara, I believe you meant naming instead of numbering, right? This is
> from
> a site on German naming conventions brought to the States:
>
> "At baptism, if two given names were given to the child, the first given
> name
> was a spiritual, saint's name. The second given name was the secular or
> call
> name, which is the name the person was known by, both within the family
> and to the rest of the world.

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