Early Naming Patterns

» Terrie_Bittner - I love the colonial time period-I'm reading a book for my women

I love the colonial time period-I'm reading a book for my women's history class now on colonial New England women-and I love genealogy, so this is a great topic for me. I'm so glad you're here!

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» JADugan - Thanks - I'm glad to be here too!

Terri,

I'm thrilled to be here and happy to share what I know about American Colonial history. Please don't anyone hesitate to contact me anytime. That's what I'm here for.

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» Brian Tubbs - I never knew any of this.

Thanks for the great article. I never knew any of this naming pattern stuff. :-) I'm going to learn a lot here.

-Brian Tubbs
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American Revolution & Founding Era
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» GordonRamsey - Naming Patterns

Very interesting article. Practice of using family surnames as Christian names continues among the Protestant (Ulster Scots) community in Northern Ireland. For example my name is Gordon Walter Ramsey. Gordon was my paternal grandmother's surname. Walter was my maternal grandfather's Christian name. My father was Robert Dawson Ramsey, Dawson was also a family surname.

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