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Social practices associated with assigning a (locally unique) label to an individual.

Social practices associated with assigning a (locally unique) label to an individual.

At different times and in different cultures, naming may reflect the family relationships, geographic origin, religion, occupation or even physical characteristics of the person.

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Is there a standard reference for alternative forms of a given or personal name?

I learned as a child that Uncle Jim was really my father's brother James. As a beginning family historian, I discovered that my g-g-grandfather often wrote the same name as Jas. I could learn more of these the hard way (by treating one person in my…
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Creating record for individual where no details are known?

Where a child is born but no details of the father are known, should a record be created for that person and no details recorded or should no record be created? The part hinting at this in How should I model family with unknown relationships? does…
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Can one known use of a name be regarded as a nickname?

On Margaret's Death Registration, Francis is recorded in the 'If married, to whom" section. The informant section is Frank - Husband. There is no mistaking the 'k' for 'cis'. The original record is not available. Other than this document, I have…
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People who give their children the same first name as themselves

I've come across people who give their children the same first names as themselves, and just call the child "junior" while the parent is referred to as "senior". For example, the Nobel laureate John Forbes Nash Jr's father was John Forbes Nash Sr.…
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