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Genealogy of Quebec: What are dit names (666 words) |
 | There is another Jarret in the area at this time with another dit name, so we can say the dit name was given, in that case, to distinguish the 2 different families. |
| While they were not the only ones nor the first to use dit names in New France, it seems those soldiers are responsible for the great extent the dit names reached in Quebec compared to France, Acadia or Louisiana. |
| Dit names are not the only method of combining or changing family names. |
| Gauthier "dit" names (952 words) |
| Researchers generally agree that the use of the "dit" names started in the army where single names were the norm, so in order to differentiate people, "dit" names were used. |
| The practice gained acceptance as population increased or, in the case of New-France, became concentrated, so that problems arose when two persons with the same family name co-existed, for example in a village and thus, as was the case in the army, the use of an identifier evolved. |
| There is no negative connotation implied to a "dit" name which sometimes is the case with the English use of "alias" often used as a method of hiding nor can it be compared to "also known as". |
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