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Recent questions tagged surnames
Recent questions tagged surnames
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SURNAMES genealogy
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No contributions listed for December 2024 Top Surname Contributions
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Jan 2
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Oliver Stegen
G2G6 Pilot
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223k
points)
surnames
contributions
tree_tops
bugs
errors
sysops
+6
votes
3
answers
170
views
Trying to understand naming conventions
asked
Dec 26, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Lorraine O'Dell
G2G6 Mach 6
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65.8k
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wormuth
naming_conventions
surnames
+6
votes
1
answer
71
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Gatrack surname - where might this have come from?
asked
Dec 21, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Natasha Houseman
G2G6 Pilot
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102k
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surnames
+9
votes
4
answers
489
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Question about German surname conventions
asked
Dec 18, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Alex Fransen
G2G6 Mach 4
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46.6k
points)
naming_conventions
germany
surnames
german_roots
pre-1700
+7
votes
1
answer
154
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I am following GERMANY the country, but get all activity for Germany the person, how do i fix?
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Dec 18, 2024
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Virgil Kester
G2G6 Mach 3
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33.5k
points)
germany
country
surnames
lnab
activity_feed
+8
votes
2
answers
197
views
Help with LNAB
asked
Dec 8, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Jos Pellekoorne
G2G6
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8.6k
points)
netherlands
dutch_roots
lnab
surnames
+6
votes
2
answers
142
views
Jewish Russian Immigrant named Shapiro on docs but seems to use Rembar also.
asked
Dec 7, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Terry Fillow
G2G6 Pilot
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106k
points)
russia
shapiro
surnames
jewish_roots
+5
votes
2
answers
162
views
What nationality is the surname Woessner?
asked
Oct 20, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Samantha Joe Hunter
G2G Crew
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530
points)
woessner
surnames
+9
votes
2
answers
171
views
no surname used in certain countries
asked
Oct 10, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Richard van Holtz
G2G Crew
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970
points)
surnames
indonesia
+6
votes
1
answer
181
views
Adding variant names for the People Search page via WeRelate?
asked
Sep 16, 2024
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Martin Shakespeare
G2G1
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1.4k
points)
searches
surnames
jamie
ales
lnab
+4
votes
1
answer
115
views
How would you format the name: Van Natter
asked
Sep 12, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Peggy Watkins
G2G6 Pilot
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949k
points)
vannatter
va_natter
surnames
lnab
+3
votes
1
answer
125
views
Uprichard Upritchard home pages
asked
Sep 10, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Alan Upritchard
G2G6 Mach 1
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11.0k
points)
surnames
uprichard
upritchard
categorization
+7
votes
2
answers
231
views
Dit/dite name clarification
asked
Sep 1, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Courtney Pratte
G2G6
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6.1k
points)
messier
quebecois
dit
canada
naming_conventions
surnames
+4
votes
1
answer
792
views
Swedish surnames Uelsen and Avberg interpreted from handwritten documents may not be correct?
asked
Aug 30, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kenneth Rubeli
G2G Crew
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700
points)
swedish
norwegian
surnames
+7
votes
2
answers
244
views
Rules for adding Indigenous American profiles and names?
asked
Aug 25, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Jennifer Fulk
G2G6 Mach 6
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66.8k
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native_americans
indigenous_americans
profiles
surnames
help
+9
votes
2
answers
258
views
How to put double last names?
asked
Aug 24, 2024
in
WikiTree Help
by
Mario Maceiras Dosil
G2G Crew
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420
points)
surnames
+9
votes
1
answer
203
views
How do I find the page that has a list of all surnames found on Wikitree?
asked
Aug 15, 2024
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Geoff Oosterhoudt
G2G6 Mach 2
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25.3k
points)
surnames
+8
votes
3
answers
317
views
Space after Mc in LNAB
asked
Jul 28, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Matt McNabb
G2G6 Mach 4
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43.5k
points)
naming_conventions
surnames
irish_roots
+8
votes
3
answers
315
views
Entering the correct dutch surname into WT
asked
Jun 30, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Peter van der Burg
G2G6 Mach 1
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15.3k
points)
netherlands
surnames
+5
votes
0
answers
265
views
Name has been altered on a profile.
asked
Jun 9, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Karen Brubaker
G2G6 Mach 1
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12.5k
points)
names
surnames
+6
votes
2
answers
836
views
What gender version of Polish surname should be used for NAB?
asked
Jun 1, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
J. Kirk
G2G6 Mach 1
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15.4k
points)
poland
poland_project
surnames
+8
votes
2
answers
268
views
Should the LNAB always be the birth certificate name when known?
asked
May 10, 2024
in
WikiTree Help
by
William Hayes
G2G Crew
(
870
points)
lnab
surnames
+6
votes
1
answer
191
views
Changing capitalisation in last name
asked
May 3, 2024
in
WikiTree Help
by
Living Smith
G2G4
(
4.1k
points)
surnames
+8
votes
2
answers
253
views
Citing German Names
asked
May 3, 2024
in
WikiTree Help
by
Lorraine O'Dell
G2G6 Mach 6
(
65.8k
points)
german
surnames
naming_conventions
+13
votes
2
answers
381
views
Frequency of new names being added
asked
Apr 23, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Barry Smith
G2G6 Pilot
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346k
points)
surnames
statistics
+5
votes
2
answers
186
views
Varant name Spellings, how to research them
asked
Mar 21, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Lorraine O'Dell
G2G6 Mach 6
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65.8k
points)
surnames
+5
votes
3
answers
224
views
Has Anyone Heard of the Names Nasunda or Larbiassa?
asked
Mar 20, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Karyn Campbell
G2G Crew
(
340
points)
italy
surnames
+6
votes
0
answers
189
views
Calling all location expers
asked
Mar 13, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Jo Gill
G2G6 Pilot
(
189k
points)
surnames
orphaned_profiles
+4
votes
3
answers
574
views
Why are trees built with names added under the category of uncertain?
asked
Mar 11, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
D Goulet
G2G3
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3.7k
points)
dates
family
surnames
+6
votes
2
answers
237
views
Having trouble with spanish last names
asked
Mar 10, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Elissa Ertwine
G2G6 Mach 2
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22.0k
points)
mexico
spanish
surnames
+10
votes
1
answer
290
views
Name order (e.g. Japanese) and Kanji vs romanization etc.
asked
Mar 9, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Ben Jones
G2G1
(
1.9k
points)
japan
surnames
transcription
policy
lnab
+4
votes
1
answer
183
views
surname spelling variations
asked
Mar 8, 2024
in
WikiTree Help
by
Leigh Taylor
G2G6
(
7.7k
points)
surnames
+33
votes
24
answers
1.9k
views
Do you use WikiTree's surname index pages?
asked
Mar 5, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Chris Whitten
G2G Astronaut
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1.6m
points)
surnames
searches
+26
votes
1
answer
392
views
Faster than a speeding G2G announcement!
asked
Mar 1, 2024
in
The Tree House
by
Greg Slade
G2G6 Pilot
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767k
points)
world_war_i
world_war_ii
wt_apps
one_name_studies
surnames
+4
votes
1
answer
156
views
I need help in making corrections for Govreau-19, his last name should be Gauvreau
asked
Mar 1, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Ann DeClue
G2G Crew
(
700
points)
fixing
incorrect
surnames
missouri
+8
votes
4
answers
425
views
I need help i'm stuck
asked
Feb 26, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Donald Johnson
G2G1
(
1.9k
points)
surnames
pennsylvania
new_york
profile_improvement
sources
+4
votes
0
answers
161
views
Can't go further help!
asked
Feb 25, 2024
in
Genealogy Help
by
Donald Johnson
G2G1
(
1.9k
points)
surnames
+6
votes
1
answer
308
views
Netherlands women: if married, is the husband's surname used at all?
asked
Feb 13, 2024
in
Policy and Style
by
Ina Neef
G2G2
(
2.1k
points)
netherlands
dutch
naming_conventions
surnames
+21
votes
2
answers
559
views
Four serious bugs: category content and counts; variant surname search; duplicate detection
asked
Feb 7, 2024
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Jim Richardson
G2G Astronaut
(
1.2m
points)
tracked_bug
sysops
categorization
searches
surnames
duplicates
+14
votes
1
answer
397
views
Possible new bug in variant surname searching
asked
Jan 30, 2024
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Jim Richardson
G2G Astronaut
(
1.2m
points)
searches
surnames
tracked_bug
sysops
+10
votes
3
answers
370
views
N-word as Cajun surname in 1870s?
asked
Jan 13, 2024
in
Photos
by
Anonymous Dupre
G2G6
(
7.2k
points)
louisiana_families
louisiana
france
surnames
+9
votes
1
answer
282
views
Appropriate formatting for LNAB with particle-apostrophe
asked
Dec 19, 2023
in
Policy and Style
by
Joseph Richardson
G2G3
(
3.1k
points)
surnames
formatting
apostrophe
dearmond
d_armond
lnab
+3
votes
0
answers
101
views
Horace E. Morse of Canisteo and Hornellsville, NY: Seeking male descendants for Y-DNA Morse surname project!
asked
Dec 17, 2023
in
Requests for Project Volunteers
by
Michael Dunn
G2G Crew
(
460
points)
morse
y-dna
surnames
canisteo_ny
hornellsville_ny
+6
votes
2
answers
258
views
What LNAB should I use?
asked
Dec 16, 2023
in
Policy and Style
by
Paul Schmehl
G2G6 Pilot
(
164k
points)
lnab
surnames
hearn
hearne
illinois
+9
votes
2
answers
226
views
What is the significance of Kleine combined with an 18th century German surname, and what should be the LNAB?
asked
Dec 9, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Kathy Webster
G2G6 Mach 1
(
15.0k
points)
drahmann
kleine
kleine_haverbeck
german
surnames
+6
votes
2
answers
358
views
Why are surname variants inconsistent in search results?
asked
Oct 19, 2023
in
WikiTree Tech
by
Paddy Waldron
G2G6 Mach 7
(
77.3k
points)
hinchy
hinchey
henchy
henchey
hennessy
surnames
+7
votes
1
answer
400
views
What does this mean as a surname?
asked
Oct 4, 2023
in
The Tree House
by
Heather Jenkinson
G2G6 Pilot
(
144k
points)
surnames
+4
votes
0
answers
185
views
Format of Name
asked
Sep 28, 2023
in
Policy and Style
by
Shoshanah Luckie
G2G6 Mach 1
(
10.7k
points)
formatting
surnames
arabic
english
+3
votes
1
answer
286
views
Confused... which surname should be used?
asked
Sep 27, 2023
in
Genealogy Help
by
Laura Ward
G2G6 Mach 5
(
54.0k
points)
surnames
+3
votes
3
answers
451
views
Need to correct surname spelling.
asked
Sep 15, 2023
in
WikiTree Help
by
Jeff La Marca
G2G Rookie
(
160
points)
surnames
lnab
editing
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