In German church records, I've found several instances of what appears to be the husband taking the

scott_holthus

Example: Married 1820: Joe John Jones ( Father: John John Jones)

Ann Smith (Father: Joe Smith).

Born 1822: Joe Ray Smith- Father: Joe John Smith

Mother: Ann Smith ( geb. Jones)

Born 1824: Joe Joe Smith - Father: John John Jones

Mother: Ann Smith

(Changing the names, this is exactly what I'm running int)

Dennis J Yancey

German people in America - or in Germany

 

Looping in German group

@Germany Genealogy Research​ 

LegacyUser

In Germany. Looking at images from the Archion site.

 

Robert Seal_1

Please see the attached link from the FamilySearch Research Wiki regarding German personal names:

 

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Personal_Names

 

See section 2.2, "Second Surnames" which will give you a brief overview of the concept of farm names.

Robert Seal_1

Here is another link which may prove helpful:

 

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ehrhard/genealogy/Farm Names.htm

 

See in particular the section entitled "Westfalen".

LegacyUser

Thanks- these articles explain the situation. Many Thanks!

Robert Seal_1

You're very welcome, Scott!

 

Were your German parish records from the part of Germany where farm names were used?