Posts Tagged ‘Dierdorf’
What’s in a Name? How Do you Spell Yours?
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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The Church of Amwell: A Forgotten Chapter in Deardurff Family History The story of Anthony Dierdorf, the early German settlers of New Jersey, and the churches they helped establish nearly 300 years ago. When researching your family history, you never know where an old name might lead you. Sometimes it is a birth record, a…
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