Across the border in Westphalia, it was usual for babies to receive two to four "first" names at baptism. The baptismal registry was often the last time all names were used at once. In the parish I'm familiar with, the pastor underlined one name in the registry - it was the one the child was called by. ("Rufname" in German) It was almost never the first name in the list. It's possible she added "Marie" when she was confirmed. So the only issue I see with your list of names is the one in the daughter's death record. Assuming the daughter lived to adulthood, information at the time of her death could have been supplied by a spouse, child, or neighbor... who may not have known what the mother's "official" name was. Your list is much cleaner than some I've worked with, in which the same mother could be named in the birth records of her children "Anna Barbara", "Barbara Maria", "Barbara Anna", "Maria Barbara"... Marsha L. Ensminger --- On Sat, 7/2/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [A-L] name changes 1700s > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 2:46 PM > Folks, > > I am trying to understand a problem that seems to be unique > to one family. > > The mother: > In her own birth record she is called Anna Barbara > In her own wedding record she is called Anna Barbara > In her own death record she is called Anna Barbara > > Her daughter: > In daughter's birth record, the mother is called Barbara > In daughter's marriage record, the mother is called Anna > Barbara > In daughter's death record, the mother is called Anne > Marie > > Otherwise the surnames and spouses and the time-lines are > all a perfect match. > > Can anyone comment on this? > > Thanks. > > best, > Paul > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm  > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >