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Miscellaneous information
== Miscellaneous information ==
*In French, if you see a surname with the word ‘dit’ after it such as ‘Smith dit Brown’ it means Smith known as Brown.<ref> Douyere, Jean-Louis. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190210022556/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1662790/ french, portuguese, english, dutch patronymes in Pondicherry] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 9 January 2010, archived.</ref> More details.<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-dit-name-3972358 "What Is a Dit Name?"] by Kimberly Powell August 04, 2018 thoughtco.com .</ref> (FamilySearch classifies French "dit" names as "Name variants caused by naming customs".<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-to-enter-names-in-family-tree How should I enter names in Family Tree?] FamilySearch.</ref>)
*A number of the marriages at the end of the 17th century and in the 18th century in French Indian territories were between Frenchmen and women of mixed Indian-[[Portuguese]] blood.<ref>Douyere, Jean-Louis.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200226035044/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/4207842/ India Princess] (Scroll down) ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 8 February 2007, archived.</ref>
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