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'''In some areas of Germany, individuals took a second surname'''. <br> | '''In some areas of Germany, individuals took a second surname'''. <br> | ||
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 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)'''. | ||