Formerly know as PaGenieGirl my ancestors emigrated in early 1700's to Pennsylvania from Germany, Ireland and Scotland and settled in southeastern Pennsylvania. The Germans followed the german naming custom: if the father had 12 children then those children named their children the same names as their siblings in a specified order of their sons and daughters. Result, a lot of people with the same given name, and then there are the Scot/Irish who like to pass on their surname as a child's 1st or middle name.
My paternal family have always been deeply involved in genealogy so I grew up with a lot of info and history already recorded, I am expanding and linking these families.

Formerly know as PaGenieGirl my ancestors emigrated in early 1700's to Pennsylvania from Germany, Ireland and Scotland and settled in southeastern Pennsylvania. The Germans followed the german naming custom: if the father had 12 children then those children named their children the same names as their siblings in a specified order of their sons and daughters. Result, a lot of people with the same given name, and then there are the Scot/Irish who like to pass on their surname as a child's 1st or middle name.
My paternal family have always been deeply involved in genealogy so I grew up with a lot of info and history already recorded, I am expanding and linking these families.