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Subject: Changing Surname to "BLACK"
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:59:32 EDT

Has anyone else come across their original surname being changed to "BLACK"?
If so, does anyone know the reason for doing this?

My great great grandmother Elizabeth Strohmeyer Gerandino/Gandine changed our
family surname to "BLACK". Probably around the time of the death of my great
great grandfather Joseph Gerandino/Gandine about 1880. My great grandfather,
Joseph, also took the name as "BLACK" and it became my paternal
grandmother's, Nettie Elizabeth, surname. My family is from San Antonio, Bexar County,
Texas. My great great grandparents were originally from Alsace and Switzerland.

I was wondering if anyone else has discovered such name changes in their
family surnames. Name changes make it very difficult for researching. It's hard
enough researching Germanic-type names.

Thank you,
Ron Hesdorff

San Antonio, TX

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