You are going to get many responses regarding this question!!! Jean and John are pronounced almost the same. Jean is the French version of John. On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 21:25:31 EDT [email protected] writes: >Hi I am very new to genealogy. I think I have worked backwards. I was > >searching for info on my great grandfather( Joseph Borel) . I 1st got >my >grand fathers( Rene J. Borel-B 1885 d 1967) certificates: ss death >index, a >marriage certificate, a death certificate, his obituary, and now today >his >birth certificate. The odd thing is the middle name is not >consistent. Some >say Rene Joseph, some say John but his birth certificate says Jean as >his >middle name . Can I assume that this is his true name since it is on >his >birth certificate? He was put in an orphanage at some point and I >really dont >think he actually knew what his middle name was? >BMB312 >Barbara Borel > > > >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== >LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Yearly dues are >$25. >To learn more about us, visit our website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.