Newsgroupreader wrote in message <8GH_5.64690$4K4.9660750@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>... >One of the children listed with a family in the emigration records was named >Ragnvald and I thought it was labeled female. But, a recent piece of >information made me think the Ragnvald I located was really a male and I >just misread the record. Is it generally a male or female name? Ragnvald is ALWAYS a boy's name - so if you are sure you have read the name correctly, you definitely have a male ancestor on your hands there. Marianne