-in- is often added in the old German records. So, Catharina Blasser is referred to as Catharina Blasserin, etc. Paul On Dé hAoine, 17 Meitheamh, 2011, at 09:54, Sharon Waechter wrote: > I am unaware of the use of "-in" for women's maiden names. Can you provide more information on that, please? > > Sharon A Waechter(-in) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:09:35 AM > Subject: [A-L] Hirtzel > > My mother's surname is Hirtzel. > > I have documents of known family members that have quite a variety of variations in surnames. > > For the men, it includes Hirtzel and Hirzel (but not Hirz), and for the women, it includes Hirtzelin and Hirzelin and Hirzin. > > I understand about the "in" that is added to women's maiden names. > > I take it that this variation in names is to be expected? > > And that, when looking for records online, I should include all of these possible variations? > > Thanks. > > Paul > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message