Dave Hinz - who at all times likes to highlight the e-mail address of participants in any newsgroup (is he some sort of cop! - or what?) - might want to consider the meaning of -sen and -son, -datter and -dottor before venturing into answering questions he knows nothing about! Steven Copenhagen Denmark <[email protected]> skrev i en meddelelse news:[email protected] > Someone who looks an awful lot like Hugh Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > vikings used no surnames > > Well, no, but they used both patronyms and place names, either of which > have often been anglicized into the concept of a surname. This is why > nordic folks will often be found with the "-sen" or "-son", (patronyms), > or the name of a place of a farm which their ancestors came from. > > What's your name, who's your daddy, and where are you from? That's > the basic structure of the nordic naming conventions. If you think > about it, it identifies people to a very precise degree, until population > gets too large. > > > never assume in genealogy you will get stuck > > Well, OK, but it's certainly worth plugging his name into some of the > resources to see what comes up, isn't it? > > Dave Hinz > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18-06-2003

Someone who looks an awful lot like Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave Hinz - who at all times likes to highlight the e-mail address of > participants in any newsgroup (is he some sort of cop! - or what?) I don't understand what you mean by this, could you be taking offense at my quoting style, or what? Or perhaps you're reacting to my choice of email providers/spam filtering service, which is called spamcop.net? > - might > want to consider the meaning of -sen and -son, -datter and -dottor before > venturing into answering questions he knows nothing about! Perhaps you can explain how I have made any factual errors at all in my statements? Are the patronyms not to explain who your father is? If you are claiming they are not, please provide information as to how they are not. Further, if you are claiming that surnames have not been derived from these and placenames in English-speaking countries, I'd have to question your experience in such matters, as they're widespread here. Further, are the gardsnavn not to explain where you live? What specific aspect of this do you feel to be untrue, Steven of Copenhagen, Denmark? I responded to Hugh's statement that the Vikings used no surnames, and explained how a norse name could be turned into a surname in a country which uses them. Do you assert that such does not happen? Lastly, I don't understand where your apparent hostility is coming from. > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18-06-2003 Interesting...I've seen that tagline before. Time to read some headers, it seems. Dave Hinz