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The Prillaman Family

Dictionary of American Family Names

8/14/2012

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I beg to differ.  After researching the origins of our family surname, Prillaman, the answer is Brüllmann.  So I beg to differ with ancestry and other sources which state the origin of the surname as Brillerman.  I decided to look for the source of the information and found it was "The Dictionary of American Family Names" published by Oxford University Press.  I wrote to Patrick Hanks, chief editor and lexicographer of the publication regarding my research on the origins of our surname.  And his reply:

Dear Twyla Edwards, 
    Thank you for your message drawing attention to your excellent and well-researched web site.  By copy of this email I will ask my colleague Kate Hardcastle to add this to her file of corrections to be made should there be a second edition of DAFN.  

Thank you again for your interest, Patrick Hanks

Nice!!!!!

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