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Top Document: soc.genealogy.german Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 2/4 Previous Document: 12. How about German cemeteries? Next Document: 14. Is my family from a town with a name like their surname? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge
The meaning of a German surname can often be found in a German-
English dictionary (e.g., Schmidt means smith, M"uller means
miller). Sometimes spelling modifications, pronunciation shifts,
or dialectal origins hide the original meaning. In such cases,
a general or specifically German name lexicon can be useful.
Three standard German works are
_Deutsche Namenkunde_ by Max Gottschald,
_Deutsches Namenlexikon_ by Hans Bahlow,
also available in English as _Dictionary of German Names_,
_Das grosse Buch der Familiennamen_ by Horst Naumann, and
_dtv-Atlas Namenkunde_ (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag).
Please note that name interpretation is often speculative.
User Contributions: 1 TjHurray Apr 13, 2021 @ 2:14 pm I'm trying to find German Naval records (Prussian navy I believe) for my Uncle who served in Trieste, Italy from approx. 1879 to 1890 from that port. (and he traveled around the world). I need some advice, any advice, on how I could find a record of him being there or even any record of him being in the German Navy there. A genealogist that could help, or where the records might be housed. I did see on another post that some German records were destroyed in Berlin in 1945, but I don't know those details. I appreciate any comments. Thank you. Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: soc.genealogy.german Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 2/4 Previous Document: 12. How about German cemeteries? Next Document: 14. Is my family from a town with a name like their surname? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: EggertJ@crosswinds.net (Jim Eggert)
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