I have a middle name given to me when I was christened in the Catholic Church in Croatia. Middle names in recent times are a religious thing it has nothing to do with being rich these days. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" <rjerin26@yahoo.com> To: <croatia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:28 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA] Need a name meaning! > The only use of middle names that I have found in old church records > appeared to be those living in "the manor house"... so you must be rich :) > > Robert > > TACODMK@aol.com wrote: > Tat > > > You are so right when you say there is no custom for middle names in > Croatia while I was there in Sept. we were discussing names with the > family and > when I said my name was Donna Marie one of the cousins said you have two > names > you must be rich. until then I did not realize that there was no middle > names used there and my grandmother must have added a middle name to my > mother > after coming here. > > Donna > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts", Sen. > Daniel Patrick Moynihan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: > 23/11/2006 > >