Bill, All the baptisms that I have found for my family that were in Latin as Jacobus were for James. Beth --- On Tue, 1/31/12, wm.karr@comcast.net <wm.karr@comcast.net> wrote: > From: wm.karr@comcast.net <wm.karr@comcast.net> > Subject: [IRISH-IN-CHICAGO] latin > To: IRISH-IN-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com, COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 3:17 PM > Okay all you latin scholars, can > someone interpret Jacobus. Now before you say that's Jacob, > I know that much. However, I recall a discussion about Jacob > being a form of James. > > >