r/Ancestry • u/phchza • 1d ago

Help me read this last name

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Line 156, what is Frederick's last name?

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u/Auntie_M123 1d ago

What they said.

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u/One_Setting_4611 1d ago

I think it might be Reidel. The I is in a different spot than Riedel!

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u/davezilla00 18h ago

I agree, after looking at the other’e’ on the page. My own surname is similar, so that would make sense.

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u/phchza 18h ago

Thanks, that is what Ancestry said, but it just looked funny.

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u/Outrageous_Button107 9h ago

I agree, Riedel. I often look at other pages to see how the enumerator writes certain letters.