ethnic backgrounds of surnames
I am in need of a good site to research the ethnic background of several surnames. Families were in Germany prior to 1800s. Any ideas?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Bettie King Sep 25, 2009.
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Saw a comment you made on the Indian Princess group about German features, just curious, what you mean, as my husband has lots of German Ancestors on his mom's side, also my daughter knows a girl that has grandparents from Germany, she is blond…
Bettie King replied to Shannon Stokes Sheppard's discussion 'ethnic backgrounds of surnames'
May I ask what surnames are you researching? My grandparents surname is Heilig which is a german surname and my grand dad is multi racial.
If someone sends you info regarding a site, please let me know.
Thanks so much.
Bettie…
Susan M CURD replied to Shannon Stokes Sheppard's discussion 'ethnic backgrounds of surnames'
What do you mean by ethnic? do you means origins? Have you tried Y (male line,surnames)DNA through a surname web-site such as www.one-name.org
I expect to find north europeans with my surname.
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Yes, I too heard the story growing up. I have found an indian link, ggg- grandmother was born on a reservation and there is no record of a last name prior to marriage to a Forehand. Forehand surname itself has been listed on several minor indian…
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- At 7:14am on May 4, 2010,
Janeen Davis Proctor said…
- Saw a comment you made on the Indian Princess group about German features, just curious, what you mean, as my husband has lots of German Ancestors on his mom's side, also my daughter knows a girl that has grandparents from Germany, she is blond and blue eyed.
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