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Dialect spellings can often give a clue to the origin of the name and even the region where an ancestor lived. | Dialect spellings can often give a clue to the origin of the name and even the region where an ancestor lived. | ||
*[[The Dialect Basis of Spelling Variation in German Surnames|'''The Dialect Basis of Spelling Variation in German Surnames''']] is | *[[The Dialect Basis of Spelling Variation in German Surnames|'''The Dialect Basis of Spelling Variation in German Surnames''']] is a short article describing this phenomenon | ||
*[https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mstone/genealogy/dialectical.html '''Internal Dialectical Clues in German Surnames'''] is a more thorough listing of known dialect clues. | *[https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mstone/genealogy/dialectical.html '''Internal Dialectical Clues in German Surnames'''] is a more thorough listing of known dialect clues. | ||
===Jewish Surname Customs=== | ===Jewish Surname Customs=== | ||
'''Before the 1800s, the use of a surname by Jews was left to the discretion of the individual.'''<br> | '''Before the 1800s, the use of a surname by Jews was left to the discretion of the individual.'''<br> | ||