DJ, It was only a lucky guess ... my grandmother's name was Gisela. :) Thank you for sharing your knowledge ... appreciate it! Sandra In a message dated 6/21/2005 9:49:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Sandra, > > In one sense your original thought was quite close. I have seen the pet > name, Silke used for both Cecilia and for Gisela. > > Different origins with Cecilia from the Latin and Gisela from Old German but > for both the same pet name or familiar name might be used. > > djweber > [email protected] > ---------------------------- > --- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Ortenau] Schuttertal > > > > DJ, > > > > Thank you for the translation! At first, I thought it might be the name > > Gisela. > > > > Kind regards, > > Sandra > >

I have an email written in German, if I forward it someone, can they translate it for me. I ran it through a translator on the internet, but some of it doesn't make sense. They are searching for our common name of Baumann, but not sure what else is being said. Thanks, Linda