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====Alias Surnames==== | ====Alias Surnames==== | ||
Some families, especially in Southern Bohemia, used alias surnames. You may find these families listed under both surnames in the parish registers or one or the other. Sometimes some children are listed under one surname, and others under the original. Aliases were used to differentiate between branches of a family that are all living in the same village, or to differentiate between unrelated families with common surnames, such as Novák (which simply means new person in the village). Sometimes a man would take the surname of his wife as an alias surname, or the name of the builder of their house. For a more in-depth discussion of alias surnames, see [http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/2012/11/surnames-after-roof.html this article]. | Some families, especially in Southern Bohemia and Moravian Wallachia, used alias surnames. You may find these families listed under both surnames in the parish registers or one or the other. Sometimes some children are listed under one surname, and others under the original. Aliases were used to differentiate between branches of a family that are all living in the same village, or to differentiate between unrelated families with common surnames, such as Novák (which simply means new person in the village). Sometimes a man would take the surname of his wife as an alias surname, or the name of the builder of their house. For a more in-depth discussion of alias surnames, see [http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/2012/11/surnames-after-roof.html this article]. | ||
If you see one of these terms in between two surnames, it is indicating the use of an alias surname: | |||
''aka = also known as'' | |||
''aliter (Latin) = or/else'' | |||
''jinak (Czech) = otherwise'' | |||
''neb (Czech) = or'' | |||
''recte (Latin)= correctly'' | |||
''správně (Czech) = correctly'' | |||
''subdita (Latin) = substitute'' | |||
''vel (Latin) = also'' | |||
''vulgo (Latin) = called'' | |||
==Given Names== | ==Given Names== | ||