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===Alias Surnames=== | ===Alias Surnames=== | ||
In some areas of Germany, individuals took a second surname. In the records, the second surname may be preceded by the word '''genannt, vulgo, modo, sive, or alias'''. This practice was common in the provinces of '''Westfalen (Westphalia) and Hannover and parts of Rheinland and Schlesien (Silesia)'''. | In some areas of Germany, individuals took a '''second surname'''. In the records, the second surname may be preceded by the word '''genannt, vulgo, modo, sive, or alias'''. This practice was common in the provinces of '''Westfalen (Westphalia) and Hannover and parts of Rheinland and Schlesien (Silesia)'''. | ||
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The development of alias surnames was often tied to agriculture. When a man moved to a new farm, he sometimes '''changed his name to the name of the farm'''. Also, when a man married a '''woman who had inherited a farm''', his name may have changed to her family name. In this situation, some of the children born to the couple may have used his surname, while others in the same family used the wife's family name. | The development of alias surnames was often tied to agriculture. When a man moved to a new farm, he sometimes '''changed his name to the name of the farm'''. Also, when a man married a '''woman who had inherited a farm''', his name may have changed to her family name. In this situation, some of the children born to the couple may have used his surname, while others in the same family used the wife's family name. | ||
===Jewish Naming Customs=== | ===Jewish Naming Customs=== | ||