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Re: German finds...
Are you sure these are their first names? Well, I suppose you are, they are distant relatives of yours, but normally there's not a big culture of "word names" here in Germany, and most names like that are not even allowed, I'm especially surprised at Rüstung, while I think that Guteherz COULD be a very old first name, like Gottlieb and Gotthilf.
I like Melchior, but it's really a very grand name, and maybe more apt as a mn. And I like Joost very much, especially in the north of Germany.
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Yes, I thought it was odd as well. Maybe in the past the naming restrictions weren't as harsh? All I'm able to learn from family is that they came from a farm somewhere outside of Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg.I also really like Melchior.
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