Hello Ed, The following are taken from Ernest Thode's, "German / English Genealogical Dictionary" Here goes: Henn= there is nothing for this abbreviation but there is Hennericus which is Latin for male given name, Heinrich and also listed is Henning another male given name Heinz= and Heintz= are both forms of given name Heinrich Cunz= and Cuntz= are a form of the male given name Konrad; Conrad Jobss= Jobst, Joss, Jost are forms of given names Jodicus (or Justus) Jost= see above Grundf= nothing is shown for this...is it a name? Grund means gound, valley floor, lot of ground Hope this helps a bit. Marion in New York too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Maul" <edmaul@optonline.net> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:48 AM Subject: [HESSE] Given names and Nick names