Hi Carl , Thanks for your message with the latest update. Here in Australia the title Ms. is used by females who do not want it known whether they are Miss or Mrs. and in cases where the writer does not know. This has been in use for many years. Sylvia - Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Becker" <carl@becker-wiesbaden.de> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [HESSE] HAEFLICH; Viernheim; 1800s > The word "Fräulein" is about to vanish from German language since it is not > considerd politically correct that you can tell from the "Fr." or "Frl." on > a name tag wheter or not a woman is married. > > Carl > > > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > > Looking for old messages? > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/HESSE.html > > Search or Browse > > > > > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Many towns in Germany have the same name! Add the 5-digit > zip code in front of the name! Zip codes explained, > http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm >