Deb, if you are the one looking for Bert, I was at the Family History Center today, researching the Mayen, Koblenz area, and there were quite a few Berti and Berty in that reel. Have you ever seen the name spelled that way? Ruth **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

To all of you who helped me with the surame of Barbara Schachner's husband, Philipp KRAUSS/GROSS I want to say thanks. I just found another record where the same writer wrote the name Klein and without a doubt, I know Barbara's husband was a KRAUSS. This writer's 'K' is identical. Thanks again. This list is great! Nancy

Were the records in German or Latin? If in Latin, the "i" ending would be genitive case of "Bert", and the "y" a very strange but common variant of the same. So both would mean "of Bert". For example, in a baptismal record, you may get "Catharina Jois Berti leg. fil. ....", which would mean, "Catherine, legitimate daughter of Johann Bert". Is that at all relevant? Thomas. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [HESSE] Bert > > Deb, if you are the one looking for Bert, I was at the Family History > Center > today, researching the Mayen, Koblenz area, and there were quite a few > Berti > and Berty in that reel. Have you ever seen the name spelled that way? > > Ruth > > > > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > or > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >