Does anyone know what SOSA stands for? I am currently researching French Genealogy, and have come across these initials several times, but cannot find their meaning. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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Thread: SOSA ???
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11-06-2012, 8:29 AM #1suew203Guest
SOSA ???
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11-06-2012, 8:41 AM #2
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This possibly relates to the Sosa Method or the Sosa-Stradonitz System of numbering ancestors. Have a look here:-
https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel
Looks like a fun numbering system.
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11-06-2012, 11:25 AM #3
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11-06-2012, 3:57 PM #4
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It is rather and I think you should go and improve the article Graham.
Is this explanation any better...
www.
familychronicle.com/Ahnentafel.html
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Before you go here is a test for you - NO looking it up -
Q1. Who is #14 in my ahnentafel?
a: my maternal grandmother
b. my mother’s mother’s father
c. my mother’s father’s mother
Q2. Is #1254678 in my ahnentafel...
a. a male
b. a female
c. an invalid ahnentafel number
Edit: Answers on a postcard please.
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11-06-2012, 5:21 PM #5
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