Also, Kevin my cousin, told me that his dad was originally named Norm, by his mom and dad, but for some reason, whoever took down the name, changed it to James instead. But his real name was supposed to be Norm, that's what everyone called him til the day he died. Joan Peterson wrote: > In the Chicago Catholic Churches I find the change to James, and other > names Americanized, appearing about 1914/15. I have found baptism > records which state Vaclav on one bapt and Wences on another. > > St Wenceslaus Church used the term "Wenceslaus" almost exclusively for > Vaclav and interchanging was a normal procedure of the scribe as many > scribes wrote in the record books through the years. > > Some surnames changed from baptism to baptism with a few letters or in > some cases where the scribe wrote the "new" name in parens above the > other--similar to the original but simplified. It is interesting. > > Joan Smart Peterson > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Please do not repost the whole digest when replying to mail. > >