Magda, Nick and Joe, I was looking at this website and the only thing I found was Molnar. Thinking to myself it has to be something about the name. I did not post it because I did not want to sound stupid LOL. Thank you Joe for setting me straight. I am not stupid. Here is the website. http://homepages.bmi.net/jjaso/ Laszlo (Les) Josa -----Original Message----- From: hungary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hungary-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joseph J Jarfas Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:44 AM To: hungary@rootsweb.com Cc: mag_ton@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] names in Hungarian records As Nick said, Magda, molnár - in this case - would be a 'sobriquet' or nick name, to distinguish the families in the village who carry the same surname (was this entry by a new priest?). It could have been his occupation, or even that he was living near a mill! :-) The variety of nick names were (still are) astounding, and of course there are (some times) no rhyme or reason to them. Joe Equinunk, PA - USA jjarfas@verizon.net magda wrote: >I have a question - reading Hungarian records written in Hungarian at LDS between two parishes , one family , that is a couple with many children . The Father's name was written as Janos Farkus in the baptismal records of his children in first church in a nearby village ; then a church opened up in their village in 1790 and they baptized the rest of their children there . However , the preists added the suffix MOLN. to Jano Farkus last name inthe new churcvh records and I can not understand why . For the rest of the baptisms , the father is written up up as MOLN. FARKUS JANOS . Any ideas ?? I know Molnar means Miller ( or it is Molitor ?. > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message