Ahh! and my dad's uncle who was named after his dad, was named VANDY later on which is similar to Vanny. so now I guess I know where Vandy came from! Aha! --- [email protected] wrote: > You are right Carol. Depending on where an > immigrant settled and reared his > family, naming of children often went back to > ancestral roots. My husband who > is 71 was named Vaclav and until he went into the > military that is what he > answered to. However somwhere along the line he > bacame 'Vanny" > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > If you'd like to search our archives, please visit > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CZECH > >