Re: Origin of the surname...did you know...?
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Re: Origin of the surname...did you know...?
12/08/98
When my ancestors came to America, their first census recorded them as Foot, another obliteration of the name.The V pronounced as a F and the rest was the English ear hear the strong German dialect.If I had not remebered my brothers high school nickname,"Foot", I never would have found them in the census records.