Monday, July 7, 2008

Tschirley - Byzantium Connection?

I am reading a book, Byzantium by Judith Herrin

I was intrigued by this mention of names and genealogy from this book,


Slovonic names or origin are noted in the sources in neutral fashion: Niketas, Patriarch of Constantinople (766-80), was a Slav eunuch. . . this early and widespread use of family names set Byantium apart from other states., as a society with a developed awareness of the importance of genealogy and personal relations. (pp. 93-4)
given the reference in the Bohemia subsection of the Origins section of the Tschirley Family book,

It is reasonable to assume the Tschirley name is Czech . . . The first Czech tribes appeared in the fifth century, the family heritage probably is a mixture of many ethnic groups.

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