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Re: Question about parent's name in birth records
Posted by: William Risch (ID *****6686)	Date: August 31, 2008 at 12:31:03
In Reply to: Re: Question about parent's name in birth records by Tiiu Hovik	of 1526

Thank you very much, Tiiu, for the valuable information. Apparently the surname of my great grandmother, "Seppar," must have come from "blacksmith."

The record referring to Seppa Niggola n. Marri is supposedly a baptism/birth record. In case you are curious, it is found on the website "Saaga" through the following links (my apologies for the absence of Estonian letters)

- Saaga
- Luterik kirik
- Koik kogudused korraga
- EELK Luganuse kogudus
- I Pastori kantselei
- 4. Kirikuraamatud ja nimistud
- 4.1 Sunni, abielu- ja surmameetrika
- Sunni, -abielu - ja surmameetrika; EAA.1228.2.1;1736-1745

The document is on page 97 of 144 pages in the electronic document.

Since serfs did not have last names until the mid-19th century, is it possible that the name of the profession was inherited by later generations? In other words, could it be that the last name "Sepp," "Seppa," or later "Seppar" thus became the family name because generations of the family men had been employed as blacksmiths?

Thank you again for your tremendous help.

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Re: Question about parent's name in birth records Tiiu Hovik 8/31/08
Re: Question about parent's name in birth records William Risch 8/31/08
- Re: Question about parent's name in birth records Tiiu Hovik 9/01/08

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