Another thing to keep in mind when researching German American ancestors: By tradition, German Americans baptized the children with two given names. The first given name was a spiritual saint's name; the second was a secular name, which is the name the person would be known by - for example: Johan Adam Muller or Anna Maria Kuch in church records could become Adam Miller and Mary Cook in secular records. Saint John was the most popular saint and was often the spiritual name of all sons of any given family. David A. Joanne Huntsberry wrote: > Fred, some German names in Frederick Co., MD in 1790 beginning with Francis are: Hoffman, Kisinger, Winbegler (was Windbugler) Klienhart, Mantz, Mett, Michaelhein and Sanbach. There were many more in different counties of MD. > > Joanne > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

David, Joanna, I'm feeling left out, While you are looking up German names,"If you see any Fitze names please let me know." My g grandfather George Fitze lived in Fredfrick MD his wife was Bertha Lee Nash-Fitze. I have been told they came over from Germany. My grand father Gleen Thomas Fitze grow up in Fredrick he had a sister Cora Marie Fitze never married. There were other children , but I don't any names. George Fitze is in the 1920 census, but I don't know how to go from there. Any help or info? Thank you very much. Sybil Fitze-Ginn South Carolina. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Athey" <David.Athey@gallaudet.edu> To: <MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [MDFred] More German names > Another thing to keep in mind when researching German American ancestors: > > By tradition, German Americans baptized the children with two given names. The first given name was a spiritual saint's name; the second was a secular name, which is the name the person would be known by - for example: Johan Adam > Muller or Anna Maria Kuch in church records could become Adam Miller and Mary Cook in secular records. Saint John was the most popular saint and was often the spiritual name of all sons of any given family. > > David A. > > Joanne Huntsberry wrote: > > > Fred, some German names in Frederick Co., MD in 1790 beginning with Francis are: Hoffman, Kisinger, Winbegler (was Windbugler) Klienhart, Mantz, Mett, Michaelhein and Sanbach. There were many more in different counties of MD. > > > > Joanne > > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > > Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: > > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > The OFFICIAL website for this list is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/frederick/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >