Hello, Kate (from bleak - but probably not quite so cold Waikanae - and originally from Wadestown) Back in "the day" - c1997 and the early days of this List - I had the identical query, having identified my 3x gt-grandmother as Jane EADE, but having found the baptism of a Jenepher / Jenifer, in the correct year and parish (St Agnes) as the only possible contender. The evidence I have gathered - from census, church and civil records, as well as private family letters discovered in America - leaves me in no doubt that Jane and Jenifer / Jen*pher are indeed one and the same person. In fact the baptism record is the only time she appears with her "formal" name. Thereafter she was always Jane. Not only in her case, but with some of her cousins of the same names, I have found proof that the names were interchangeable within the wider family. Cornwall & Cornish-Gen list members of the day advised me that this was so, and having gathered plety of evidence over the ensuing 18 years or so, I can happily accept this as a fact. Hope the wind doesn't keep you awake tonight. It seems to have subsided, here! Kind regards Blanche Charles Kapiti Coast, NZ Kate Cunningham <katecunningham@clear.net.nz>, > in bleak and cold Wellington NZ, wrote: I?was advised a few weeks ago on the Moyle facebook page that Jenefer, Jennifer and Jane can be used interchangeably. I had the same issue with Jenipher and Jane first name. Hoping someone on the list has hit the same problem or can point me in the right direction.