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Joellen Watkins: Re: Erdelyan genealogy01/06/2006, 03:35:03
Hello Paul-Patrick,

I have found the ERDELYAN surname spelled in the following ways:

ERDELJAN, ERDELYAN, and ERDELIAN.

I suspect your surname was not actually "shortened" but respelled to suit the ears of those in North America. So far, it seems, the oldest spelling is ERDELJAN. This surname means "one from Erdely". Erdely is another name for Transilvania.
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