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How to Read a Last Name

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Re: How to Read a Last Name

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:03AM GMT
Classification: Query
It was not until 1923 that Norway required people to have surnames that were passed down to the next generation. It is good to read up one these things as noted earlier.

In General:

People that lived in cities most likely had a surname much earlier, which was for most people either their patronymic name (i.e. Jensen), a geonymic name (i.e. farm name), or a surname they brought to Norway when the family first moved from another country, but as previously noted could be anything.

On the farm, people that moved around regularly had a first name, sometime a second name, a patronymic name, and a "current" geonymic name.

If they moved to a place that required a surname very often that name was what ever the recording entity thought was a good surname, which led to spelling changes, siblings having different surnames, etc etc etc.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
superwag 31 Dec 2011 3:15AM GMT 
thoraway 31 Dec 2011 3:42AM GMT 
superwag 31 Dec 2011 7:15PM GMT 
thoraway 31 Dec 2011 4:16AM GMT 
kj_norway 31 Dec 2011 5:03PM GMT 
superwag 31 Dec 2011 7:13PM GMT 
kj_norway 31 Dec 2011 9:59PM GMT 
4vivi 1 Jan 2012 2:33AM GMT 
thoraway 1 Jan 2012 3:01AM GMT 
superwag 2 Jan 2012 6:36PM GMT 
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