G'Day Alan and List Suggest you look at http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm . This site gives a good description of the 18th century German Naming Conventions. This convention was used in both Germany and Pennsylvania US. Regards Keith. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Phillips" <alphi@sun.big.net.au> > To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:06 AM > Subject: German Naming Conventions > > > > G'Day List > > I have just received some research from German church records and have > noted > > that there is a god parent listed in the birth records. I have also > noted that > > the child to be christened was given the first and second Christian names > of the > > godparent. I do not know if this is an evangelist or a catholic church > record. > > The record comes from the Wertheim Baden area. Is this a standard naming > > convention or is this a local isolated instance? > > Regards > > Alan > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >