I was raised that you could only name your child the names of the saints, there were no other choices. I always wondered which saint my friend Brandi was named after. I have learned more about my history and become even more proud of my heritage since I joined this group. I want to say thanks to all of you who take the time to help us "less informed" Croatians realize how wonderful our heritage truly is. Patty -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Erbes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] [Croatia} Baptism My Grandmother (born in Virovitica) was proud of her self-education once she got to America. She read all of Dickens, for example, and her reading library was large. Because of this, she called her last child Darwin. He lived with that until quite late in life when he discovered he was really John Darwin! Peg On May 11, 2005, at 1:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: > 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 > > > ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit www.messagelabs.com. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit www.messagelabs.com. ________________________________________________________________________