In a message dated 12/28/98 4:35:58 PM PST, MossLJ@aol.com writes: << In naming children, given names were not always the names the children were known as. >> Boy, you got that right. A great grandaunt of mine was baptized Sarah Ellen Downing. Her sister's will refers to her as Ellie Sallie Downing. Her death certificate calls her Ella S. Downing as does her grave marker, and "Genealogy of the Palmer-Trimble Families" calls her Ellie Sarah Downing. But she came from a family of 12 children, and I reckon Mom and Pop Downing used to just say, "Hey, you!" <g> I'm sure we all have horror stories about just how to name an ancestor on the old computer database, huh? Ray Downing, Las Vegas