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From: Mary Ann Allen< >
Subject: Re: 'Surnames' not 'family names'
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 15:03:46 GMT


(Carsten Laekamp) wrote:

>Da denke ich an Vor/nachnamen, die ja vorher schon angesprochen
>wurden. Was ist den jetzt beim Meyer Franz (aus Sddeutschland)
>der _Vor_name ? :-)

It probably is Franz Meyer or Franz der Meyer. Now what about
"Hausnamen"? In my parents' hometown in Bavaria, some people had
houses with specific names and sometimes people were identified by the
house name.

Mary Ann
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