tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post1817595490283827520..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Oh Those Dit Names!Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-83948551576210720892011-01-07T21:40:13.463-05:002011-01-07T21:40:13.463-05:00Thanks for posting this! My ancestry is largely A...Thanks for posting this! My ancestry is largely Anglo and Germanic, but I relatively recently added a French Canadian line who just happened to have a dit name. I had no idea what that signified, so I merely recorded the data as I found it. My earliest member from that line is Francois-Xavier Baudreau dit Graveline b. 2 Dec 1720 in Montreal, Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal, Quebec, Canada. NowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407854481964964535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-20741095680142960132010-12-14T07:36:52.232-05:002010-12-14T07:36:52.232-05:00Congrats on being nominated for Family Tree Magazi...Congrats on being nominated for Family Tree Magazine's Top 40 Blogs!Tina Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659702987536188214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-20705509925151871522010-12-13T18:14:03.562-05:002010-12-13T18:14:03.562-05:00I was once told that the "dit" stood for...I was once told that the "dit" stood for the area that there person was from.<br /><br />I have many of them in my lines from France and from Quebec and Ontario, Canada.<br /><br />Julee, WVC, UTJuleenoreply@blogger.com