This is a forwarded message From: Rosemary Bodien <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 2:45:11 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [CZ] John Listers, Makes it even more interesting that Jan is also Jenda or Honza in the Czech language ! Rosie in WA State On Mar 28, 2006, at 11:25 AM, ETM wrote: > It is interesting and probably proves that our > grandparents and earlier didn't much care what > people called them <smile>. I am 100 years old > (not quite, but getting there), and I am among > those left over from an earlier time who also > don't much care if people get the name right or > wrong. It is important to many, it is not > important to me. I don't think it was important to > my family in the 1800s and 1900s. I suspect it is > government and business that has made spellings > (and dossier/social security numbers) an important > matter, an ability to trace and identify people. > > Elaine > > People demand freedom of speech to make up > for the freedom of thought which they avoid. > --Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) > > Hello Joan > > On Tuesday, March 28, 2006, you 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 ==== > All matters pertaining to list administration are exclusively > handled by the List Administrator. If you have personal > problems, questions or suggestions about list mail send an > email to the administrator. The subject is not appropriate > for list discussion. >