Bonjour Bob, Oh Bob, I always thought that they did this just to make genealogy more fun < G> and think how wonderful you feel when you get it all sorted out. Carol Anne In a message dated 11/5/05 10:23:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, BobinMonterey@aol.com writes: > Add to this--Marie-Josèphe (or whatever) often had one or more brothers > named Joseph-Marie. Not to mention inconsistent use of "dit" names. > > They did all this, of course, to confuse us later. >