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  1. Newsgroups: soc.roots
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!news.netmbx.de!mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis.unomaha.edu!rerickso
  3. From: rerickso@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ronald D. Erickson)
  4. Subject: Re:      German Surnames
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.171047.8240@news.unomaha.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.unomaha.edu (UNO Network News Server)
  7. Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
  8. References: <ROOTS-L%93011513285718@VM1.NODAK.EDU>
  9. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:10:47 GMT
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  13. I do not know if this applies to German surnames or not, but
  14. in Sweden men were given names when they were drafted into the
  15. King's military service.  In that case, the source of the name
  16. would be unrelated to geography or possibly logic.  
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  18. Ron
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