Braun, Bruny and Brunning are all different surnames. While Bruny (Bruni/Brunei) and Braun almost certainly have the same word meaning. Bruni is probably of Italian origin, and Braun of course is Germanic. Brunning is equivalent to the English form Browning. While all three surnames have "brown" as the root of the word does not mean you should start dissecting and simplifying them. Barring a transcription error on the part of the person entering the names you shouldn't try to join family names. Even if coincidences and circumstances make it tempting. HTH, Brian On Mon, August 25, 2008 3:07 pm, kopfler wrote: > My greatgrandmother Catherine BRAUN lived with her uncle, John BRAUN and > his wife Jenette, in New Orleans. When John died he named Henry BRUNNING > as undertutor of his children. Other records indicate that Jenette's > maiden name was BRUNY. Are BRUNNING and BRUNY family names that occured > in the St. Avold area in the mid-1800s or is it more likely that these are > other spellings of BRAUN? > > Fred Kopfler, Louisiana > -- > 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 > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >