Names!!! My Cousin recently wrote me and asked why Grandma Sophie named her dad Valentine Vladimir. Well, I couldn't answer that question and just joked that he was concieved around Valentine's Day or the feast of St. Valentine. In finding a 4th cousin 4 x removed on the Donauschwaben site, and getting family roots back to 1710, I discovered that my Great great Grandfather was Valentin. So that answered our question. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] [Croatia} Baptism > In a message dated 5/10/2005 5:56:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > >> Usually, the Priest just added "Mary" to a girl's name to make it a >> Christian name! I think they used "John" for boys. You often see M. >> Brenda >> or the >> like in a person's name. >> > You will shake your head at this one, Joan. Sandra (birth), Anna M. > (baptism), and Mary (confirmation) ... but they called me Marilyn (school > records) > until I discovered my 'real' name when I applied for my birth certificate > at > eighteen!!! What was the saying? "You can call me anything ... but don't > call me > late for dinner!" :))) > > Could be why I am so obsessed with genealogy. I want my descendants to > know > "who" I was by my right name. > Sandra > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.8 - Release Date: 5/10/2005 > >