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Contributors may also include information about record start and stop dates, social life and customs that affected local record keeping, local record idiosyncrasies, records housed in unusual places, and tips for using the records more effectively. Pages also exist for genealogical, historical, and surname societies. [4]
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Clan chief: Jean Moffat of that Ilk, Chief of the Name and Arms of Moffat. [3] Clansman's Badge: A member of the Clan may wear a Badge consisting of the Crest from the Chief's Arms encircled by a strap and buckle . The Moffat Chief's arms has "a crest coronet and issuing there from a cross crosslet fitchee Sable surmounted of a saltire Argent". [8]
A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name. [1]
(header) family name and given name of the "head of the koseki", i.e. the first person shown on the koseki. This family name will be shared by all the members of this koseki. given name; date of birth; date of records and causes (marriage, death, adoption, etc.) names of natural parents or, when there is a plenary adoption, name of adoptive parents
Members of Clan Arbuthnott can show their allegiance to the clan by wearing a crest badge which contains the chief's heraldic crest and motto. The chief's crest is A peacock's head couped at the neck Proper, his motto is LAUS DEO, from Latin: "Praise God". [9] Clan members may also wear a clan tartan.
The genealogical certificate (Abstammungsurkunde) was a civil status certificate under German law to prove the birth of a child and it differs slightly from a birth certificate. [1] The main purpose of the document was to determine marriage bans with adopted children. Since this had little practical significance, the genealogical certificate ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).