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I do this sometimes too, though I don't read the paper every day. I also find it fascinating (I haven't seen any family's like Joseph's though!). The other place I like to find family names is on the wedding pages. That's really my favorite. The bride, the groom, their parents, their sibs, their friends, even the minister's names. In and around Houston the papers don't publish birth announcements, so I don't have that source to refer to and compare usage generationally.

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Plus I like to look at the gowns! ;) Around here the girls all wear strapless wedding dresses year round, even in winter. Modesty is dead, I fear!

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And going even further off-topic (OT) for a moment, I'd like to say hello to you personally. I'm Lillian, I'm 38, you can read more about me in my profile (click on my blue name in the "Authenticated as..." line at the top of the post). I saw in roll call that you're also in Texas. There are quite a few Texans here, oddly enough. Also, I note that you're older than I am; I hope you won't mind my pointing that out, I only do so because there are only a very few here who are! You've probably noticed most posters here are in their teens or early twenties. So it will be nice to hear a mature voice amid the cacophony, hehehe! :) I see that you are posting as a guest. Do you have an account and a profile yet?

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~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon