German-American Names

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.44 EAN: 9780806317649 ISBN: 0806317647 Label: Genealogical Publishing Company Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 268 Publication Date: 2006-01-30 Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company Studio: Genealogical Publishing Company
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Editorial Reviews: This is an A-Z dictionary of German-American names with the spellings, meanings, and variants of about 15,000 names. The lengthy introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of German-American names. Here is explained the meanings of names borne today by Americans which derive from the German language or its dialects. It also deals with the Americanization of some of these names, explaining the social and historical matters that contributed to the distinctive character of German-American names. And it deals as well with names many of us would never have thought of as German. The vast amount of information on German-American names in this work is unequaled in any other book on this subject. This second edition is fifty pages longer than the previous edition and has several thousand more entries.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A very interesting resource Comment: This wonderful little book is the product of Dr. George Fenwick Jones's lifelong interest in German names. The beginning of the book is a history of German names, including what happened to them in America. After that, the book goes into a lengthy alphabetical list of surnames that points back to appropriate paragraph in the earlier chapters, explaining where it came from. Overall, I found this to be a very interesting resource. If you are interested in genealogy, or just want to know a little bit about your names, then this is a good book for you to get. I highly recommend it! More Reviews