[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tidbits of Info

[Jerry Frank]

Robert - 

I don't recall if I was told about it first or if I first encountered it in my research.  I don't remember seeing the practice very much in the Volhynia extractions I did but it was very common in the early Russian Poland records I have researched and in the Wuerttemberg records I have encountered going all the way back to c.1560.

It may be that the practice is most popular in certain regions.  I have found numerous examples in my Schwabisch maternal line but none in my paternal line of unknown origins.  I don't know if it was common practice in Prussian regions.  Perhaps someone else can advise further about that.


Jerry




----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Norenberg <robertnorenberg at yahoo.ca>
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2006 2:50 pm
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tidbits of Info

> Hi Jerry                                              
>         
>  I saw a comment you made at some web site which said
> it was common practice to name a child after a
> previous dead child with the same name.I found this
> very helpful and it answered some puzzles for me. I
> would like to know how you knew this. Is it something
> you read or just knew due to your heritage? It's
> little clues like this that can be very helpful. If it
> is something you read, there may be other helpful
> clues as well. 
>                             Regards Robert Norenberg 
> 
>