--part1_0.3df5a829.2538e71c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.3df5a829.2538e71c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: [email protected] From: [email protected] Full-name: Katemar Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:17:10 EDT Subject: (GAFORSYT-L) opinion and Guesses To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 64 You might find this interesting: AN OLD NAMING PATTERN (taken from "Ancestors Unlimited." The first son was named after the Father's Father. The second son was named after the Mother's Father. The third son was named after the Father. The fourth son was named after the Father's eldest Brother. The first daughter was named after the Mother's Mother. The second daughter was named after the Father's Father. The third daughter was named after the Mother. The fourth daughter was named after the Mother's eldest Sister. The above naming pattern ws usually called the "Dutch" system. The German system was to use a common first name for two or more children. And use the middle name was their "everyday name." Some things to consider as you search: "Mrs." used with a woman's name did not always means she was married, this was used if she had wealth, and was the proper way to address her. "Mr./Mister" was used only for men of wealth and /or education/ a retired man might be listed as a "Gentleman." "Jr." after a name did not always mean that his father had the same name: it might bow an uncle or older cousin. "Step, other" was sometimes called "mother-in-law" in colonial time. "Cousin" could be a relative of any degree, sometimes called a friend. "Uncle" might refer to a close family friend, not related. In early wills, "son-in-law" could mean stepson as well as the spouse of a daughter. "Nephew" sometimes meant grandson or granddaughter, as well as "nephew" as sometimes we use it today. The word "housekeeper" once meant property owner, and could be used for a male as well as female. "Domestic" once meant the housewife, not necessarily a servant. "Inmate" as used in the Pennsylvania archives, refers to a man living in the home of another person, and not necessarily in an instution. In the same book "Freeman" means a young man, not yet married. --part1_0.3df5a829.2538e71c_boundary--