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  2. Genealogical numbering systems - Wikipedia

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    The system was created in 1870 for use in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society based in Boston, Massachusetts. Register Style, of which the numbering system is part, is one of two major styles used in the U.S. for compiling descending genealogies.

  3. Genealogy - Wikipedia

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    Genealogy (from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía) 'the making of a pedigree') [2] is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of ...

  4. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).

  5. Matriname - Wikipedia

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    Matriname. A matrilineal surname or matriname[1][a] is a family name inherited from one's mother, and maternal grandmother, and so on whose line of descent is called a mother-line, mitochondrial line, or matriline. A matriname passed on to subsequent issue is unchanged, as compared to a matronymic, which is derived from the first name of each ...

  6. Surname - Wikipedia

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    A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [1][2] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.

  7. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    The common Korean surname Kim is also the common Chinese surname Jin, and written 金. The common Mandarin surnames Lin or Lim (林) is also one and the same as the common Cantonese or Vietnamese surname Lam and Korean family name Lim (written/pronounced as Im in South Korea).

  8. Ukrainian surnames - Wikipedia

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    The most common variations of Ivan in Ukrainian are Ivas, Jan, Vakhno, and Vanko. The surnames based on Ivan include: Ivaniv, Ivankiv, Ivasiv, Ivashchenko, Ivankhiv, Janiv, Jankiv, and Ivaniuk. More examples of surnames based on a first name: Andrii (Andrew): Andriiash, Andriiets, Andrusyshyn and Andrukhovych.

  9. FitzGerald (surname) - Wikipedia

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    FitzGerald (surname) Arms of the FitzGerald dynasty. FitzGerald or Fitzgerald, is an Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin. It is a patronymic derived from the prefix Fitz - from the Latin filius- plus Gerald, thus meaning "son of Gerald”. In Goidelic languages, e.g. the Irish language, it is rendered Mac Gearailt. [1]