Ya Gotta Know the Name Game

Presenter: Linda Greethurst

 

Many countries in the word have used (and some are still using) a very distinctive system of names called Patronymics.  If you don't have a thorough understanding of its use, you WILL be researching the wrong people in just one generation back.  In addition, the Norwegians add another element to their names.   You also need to understand that each family is often a living genealogy of their ancestors and there is a pattern to that system too.  We will look  some Norwegian samples of how to use the church records to verify that you are indeed researching the correct person.  So "Ya Gotta Know the Name Game".  Then, your research become so much fun and really quite easy. Honest!