What’s in a Name? How Do you Spell Yours?

Whats in a Name Genealogy Variations

From Dierdorf to Deardurff: 16 spelling variations, centuries of family history, and a few mysteries still waiting to be solved. When your last name is Deardurff, you get used to spelling it for people. I’ve been doing it my entire life. It’s not exactly a name people hear every day, and I can understand why…

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Before We Were Deardurffs:

Before We Were Deardurff's

The History of Dierdorf, Germany Tracing our family name back to a German town with more than 900 years of history. I’ve spent quite a bit of time researching the Deardurff family name and its variations. Deardorff, Deardorf, Dearduff, Dierdorf, and a few others have shown up along the way. Sometimes I wonder whether the…

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