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Genre/Form: | Dictionary Nonfiction dictionaries Dictionaries Dictionnaires |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Jones, George Fenwick, 1916- German-American names. Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., ©1990 (OCoLC)645748557 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Fenwick Jones |
ISBN: | 0806312718 9780806312712 0806317647 9780806317649 |
OCLC Number: | 21145316 |
Description: | 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | "The author has provided a lengthy introduction on German names -- actually a treatise -- with chapters devoted to (1) the origin and significance of given names; (2) the need and origin of surnames; and (3) Christian names. A substantial work in itself, the introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of German-American names" -- Book jacket. |
Responsibility: | George F. Jones. |
Abstract:
"The author has provided a lengthy introduction on German names -- actually a treatise -- with chapters devoted to (1) the origin and significance of given names; (2) the need and origin of surnames; and (3) Christian names. A substantial work in itself, the introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of German-American names" -- Book jacket.
A dictionary of German names, the derivations, and meanings.
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