This is a print on demand publication. Contents: (I) Karl Schmid & His Critics: The Formation of Patrilineal Lineages, Georges Duby, Karl Leyser, Friedrich Prinz, Karl Bosl, Wilhelm Stormer, Patrilineal Lineages & the Investiture Conflict, The "Codex Falkensteinensis", (II) The Ancestors of Count Siboto IV, (III) Siboto IV's Knowledge of His Ancestry: Siboto's Own Presentation of His Genealogy, The Falkensteins' "Hantgemal", The Welfs' Knowledge of Their Ancestry, Patrilineal Consciousness among the Weyarns & Falkensteins, (IV) The Paterfamilias: Family Strategies, The Modling Inheritance, Siboto's Daughters, Uncle, Nephews, & Niece, Maternal & Paternal Uncles, The Changing Meaning of "Familia", (V) First Names & Surnames: Legitimate Sons, Bastard Sons, The Adoption of Surnames, The Surnames of Siboto's Ancestors & Relatives, Siboto's Surnames, The Surnames of Siboto's Sons & Grandsons, (VI) The End of the Dynasty: Kuno & Siboto V, Siboto VI & Conrad, The Disposition of the Falkenstein Inheritance, The Causes of the Falkensteins' Decline, The Causes of Family Extinction. Maps.