How can I find someone on Facebook just knowing their first name and city?
How to Find Someone With a First Name & CityFinding people on the Internet can be a difficult process, especially if you have limited information about them. If you have a person's first name, last name and city, you have a better chance of finding them. However, you can still conduct online searches for people if you only have their first name and a city. You can find people on a search engine or on a social networking portal.Use the Internet to locate people, even with limited information.StepEnter the person's name, city and state in a search engine such a Google, Yahoo or Bing. If possible, enter other information that you know about the person, such as the school they attended or an employer. Although there will be a seemingly endless number or results, the more information you enter, the better chance you have of finding an appropriate result.StepCreate an account on a social network, such as Facebook or MySpace (see Resources). Log into the account with your username and password. Search for the person in the search box in the network. For example, enter the person's name and city in the search box on MySpace. Select "People" and click "Search." On Facebook, enter the person's name and city in the search box at the top of the page and press "Enter." Regardless of the social network you use, you might have to search through several pages until you find the right match.StepSearch for the person at Free People Search Engine (see Resources). Enter the person's first name and state and click "Free People Search."
How many names can a person have on his birth certificate?
Hi I live in Las Vegas, Nevada I'm 7 months pregnant and still can decide witch name I want for my unborn child. I have 3 names in mind Logan Zeus Emmanuel. so can I put all 3 names on his birth certificate? Thanks for your help.
Is a catholic confirmation name the same as the person's legal name?
No it is not your legal name, unless you have it legally changed. The legal name is your baptismal name. Catholics will add a name with confirmation. This name should be your patron saints name, a saint who you wish to guide your spiritual formation and whom you ask to pray for you. Catholics will also change their name when they take religious vows or and some when they are ordained to the priesthood. This name is chooses to honor an individual and is a sign as to what the person wants his/her religious life to be like. The individual elected to Pope will change his name as well. This dates back to Mercury, a Roman, who thought that it wasn't fitting to have a pagan name and be Pope, so he changed it on his election.
Do you think two persons of the same ethnicity and share the same surname are actually related?
It just depends. The rarer the surname, the greater the chance that they are related by a common ancestor with that name. If two people come from the same region and have a common last name, then that also means they are more likely to be related. The Roosevelts would be a good example of a no-brainer family connection, had they met as total strangers to each other, and could only confirm they were both from the New England area, but they were in fact both born in New York City and had met as children. However, this isn't always the case. For instance, Welsh surnames cannot be trusted. Llywellyn from Wales, whose father was named Evan would have the name Llywellyn Evans. Their next door neighbour, who is also named Evan, has a son called Thomas. Thomas would be known as Thomas Evans. So, in fact, you'd have a Llywellyn Evans and a Thomas Evans living in the same town, on the same street, with no connection to each other. This was how people were known in Wales until one fine day the King of England declared that everyone must have a defined surname so the taking of your father's name stopped. Therefore, Llywellyn Evans grew up and had a son, David Evans. David's son was William Evans, and so on. I'm descended from at least two different Williams families. DNA testing has shown they have no connection to each other whatsoever, even though both families moved from Wales to Virginia to Southern Indiana. People with occupational names like Taylor, Butcher, Baker, and Cook are also not necessarily related. The same could be said of the color names, like Black, Brown, White and Green. Those surnames sprang independently from familial connections.
What is the origin of my last name?
I won't head for the WORD meaning, but genealogy looks for the origin of the PERSON (the immigrant). I normally use the 1930 census (free, www.familysearch.org)...new researchers normally don't realize that you can use that, or other records. I am finding men (your name comes through the male side) who said they were born in Poland, Germany, Russia, Austria. The actual place then has to be linked to YOUR ACTUAL ancestor, which we can't know. It would not be difficult at all, for you to use records, to work back to find (say) your gr grandfather listed in the census, then his birth place. BUT.. a little trick which I found, because my grandparents were from Poland..is that, in the 1800s when they were born, there was no "Poland". That may sound crazy unless you understand Polish history, which goes back centuries. In the 1800s, the neighbors loved to come in and take over Poland, dividing up like a pie with part going to Germany, part to Russia, part to Austria. Then Poland was reestablished in 1917. Thus, the answer you get from records, will depend on when the record was made..in 1900, a person might know that his village in 1850 USED to be part of Poland ..while at that time (1850), it was under German jurisdiction..so they would SAY Germany. This way, you can understand that Polish can be completely accurate, even when the record claims something like Germany. Using other documents..can lead you to the name of the town/village, which can be found on a map of today..then compared to a map of 1900 to know what it WAS, at that time. Because you are living, your records are confidential..but I suspect you can identify your grandfather, and either by asking him or using his death certificate, find the name of his father (and mother) until you have a person living in 1930. Then we can help you find him in the census, with his place of birth. The 1900 census is also available at the same site, and that year included asking for the year of immigration. We may not find the definition of the word itself...but personally, I don't think that is nearly as fun as knowing the person and their actual history..which is easier to find than you knew. https://www.familysearch.org/search/reco...