German Names: A Practical Guide

This is a helpful guide for researching German names in the original form and the American derivations. Much information including various grammatical endings on given names, local forms of given names, surname changes at and after immigration, spelling variations, dialect forms of surnames, locality names, epithets on names, adopted children, farm names - all precede a large section in the book listing variant forms of given names. Paperback. Masthof Press, 2007. 310 pages.