I disagree with her for Dutch naming patterns. I have worked in Dutch Reformed Church records for years, and there is a particular order many early Dutch used to name their children. Sometimes that person was also a sponsor (Godparent is a Catholic term). Nora On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Pamela J. Sears <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Chris, > > > Pam, Jim, et al, > > > > I'm curious, has Elizabeth Shown Mills published a "study," or at the > > least, her arguments against the existence of naming patterns and/or > > their usefulness when conducting genealogical research? If so, where > > would it be found? > > > > Chris Chester > > > According to on-line sources (such as the results from a Google search), > Elizabeth Shown Mills is the author of 13 books and over 500 articles > that have appeared in magazines and/or journals. > > Jim Brady referred to her opinion ("study") on naming patterns as it > relates to baptismal sponsors, which is addressed here (and also > includes some of her books): > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/APG/2005-12/1134357258 > > > P.S. > > I suppose I should cite my source for those statistics above <g>. See > > . . .Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Family and Social Patterns of the > > Colonial Louisiana Frontier: A Quantitative Analysis, 1714-1803" > > (Senior Thesis [Honors], University of Alabama, 1981), 202. > > > Beyond that, I do not know of an article or book that is specific to > naming patterns, so you'd have to do some further research, or at least > follow the APG thread cited above. > > A debate between Elizabeth Shown Mills and Patricia Law Hatcher on the > validity of naming patterns was planned at one of the regional ASG > conferences (back in 2008), but was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. > > > Regards, > Pam > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >