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'''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records. Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.''' | '''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records. Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.''' | ||
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=== Alias Surnames ("dit") === | === Alias Surnames ("dit") === | ||
In French-speaking areas of Canada, individuals may have taken a second surname. In the records this may be preceded by "dit". This common practice was to distinguish between families with common surnames like ROY who were not related at all, or to distinguish between branches of the same family. Sometimes a branch of the family adopted the dit name as the family name, and dropped the original surname. For example, the surname AUDET dit LAPOINTE may be listed in these ways: | In French-speaking areas of Canada, individuals may have taken a second surname. In the records this may be preceded by "dit". This common practice was to distinguish between families with common surnames like ROY who were not related at all, or to distinguish between branches of the same family. Sometimes a branch of the family adopted the dit name as the family name, and dropped the original surname. For example, the surname AUDET dit LAPOINTE may be listed in these ways: | ||
:AUDET | |||
:AUDET dit LAPOINTE | |||
:AUDET-LAPOINTE | |||
:LAPOINTE | |||
See [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~afgs/index1.html Surnames French-Canadian:Variants, Dit, Anglicization] from the American-French Genealogical Society for a collection of name variations for French-Canadian genealogical researchers. | See [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~afgs/index1.html Surnames French-Canadian:Variants, Dit, Anglicization] from the American-French Genealogical Society for a collection of name variations for French-Canadian genealogical researchers. | ||
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'''Spellings of surnames were not standardized until very recently.''' With their silent letters, French surnames especially lend themselves to a wide variety of spellings. | '''Spellings of surnames were not standardized until very recently.''' With their silent letters, French surnames especially lend themselves to a wide variety of spellings. | ||
*The name HUNAULT, for example, has been written more than a dozen different ways, all with the same or similar pronunciations, including: | *The name HUNAULT, for example, has been written more than a dozen different ways, all with the same or similar pronunciations, including: | ||
::*HUNAU, HUNAUT, HUNAUX, HUNO, HUNOS, HUNOT, UNO, and UNOT. | |||
*In French Canada, phonetic spelling has changed names: | *In French Canada, phonetic spelling has changed names: | ||
:*The English name FARNSWORTH became PHANEUF. | |||
*The German name RISING became RAIZENNE. | *The German name RISING became RAIZENNE. | ||
*When French Canadian families move to English-speaking areas, they may translate their names into English, or modify spelling: | *When French Canadian families move to English-speaking areas, they may translate their names into English, or modify spelling: | ||
::BOISVERT may become GREENWOOD. | |||
::ROY may become KING. | |||
::LEBLANC may become WHITE. | |||
::AUCLAIR may become O’CLARE. | |||
*Recent immigrants from central Europe have often modified their names to sound more British: | *Recent immigrants from central Europe have often modified their names to sound more British: | ||
::KRYWOUCHKA has become KIRK. | |||
::PETROWSKI has become PETERSON. | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||
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