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'''Determine the actual name of an ancestor''' | '''Determine the actual name of an ancestor''' | ||
A serious problem for some researchers is to determine the actual name of their immigrant ancestor. Some ancestors in their eagerness to be assimilated into American culture, traded their difficult foreign names for American names. This occured often with given names and to a lesser extent with surnames. To read about how your ancestor could Americanize his or her name and to learn about historical background of Croatian surnames and given names see [[Croatia | A serious problem for some researchers is to determine the actual name of their immigrant ancestor. Some ancestors in their eagerness to be assimilated into American culture, traded their difficult foreign names for American names. This occured often with given names and to a lesser extent with surnames. To read about how your ancestor could Americanize his or her name and to learn about historical background of Croatian surnames and given names see [[Croatia Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]. | ||
'''Determine the date of birth, marriage, and death''' | '''Determine the date of birth, marriage, and death''' | ||
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