Teva I agree.  I just pulled out my Lexicon and looked up the etymology of the name.  Maria is the preferred version in most European countries.  Variants include Marie (French and parts of Germany close to France) Mary (United Kingdom), and in some places in Germany Meary (I wonder if that was a regional variant?)   I could go on with the Nordic etc but I think it is pretty safe to say that yes, Maria was used in Germany while Mary was used in England and in the US you find both Maria and Mary along with a host of other variants as it is the big smelting pot of languages and names.   Laura >________________________________ > From: Teva Scheer <tjscheer@gmail.com> >To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 5:19 PM >Subject: Re: [BW] Mary Schneider > > >I have researched using many, many churchbooks from Evangelisch churches >across Baden and Württemberg, and I have never seen one in which the name >Maria was absent. It was used by itself in the 16th century, then usually >became part of a multiple Christian name in the 17th and 18th centuries, >e.g., Anna Maria, Maria Sabina, Maria Catharina, Maria Dorothea. > > > >Teva Scheer > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Craig Gauger >Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 2:21 PM >To: B-W Roots Web >Subject: Re: [BW] Mary Schneider > > > >Usually only the Italians or Spanish used Maria heavily.  I don't recall >many Germans as Maria.  Craig > >> To:  <mailto:baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> >baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > >> From:  <mailto:wentlingscorners@aol.com> wentlingscorners@aol.com > >> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:48:42 -0500 > >> Subject: [BW] Mary Schneider > >> > >> Looking for any information on Mary Schneider of Baden, Germany. She was >born April 1831. Immigrated to United States around 1849 to 50, in the Pa. >Married Charles Theis, The family later moved to New York City. > >>  I have question for the group. If her name was Mary. When I put the >information in the Family Search.org. It comes up with Maria.was Maria used >for Mary in that time. > >>  Thank You, > >>  Charlotte > >>  > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ><mailto:BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com> >BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >                                                            > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ><mailto:BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com> >BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >