Re German names, I've been searching for several years without success for a clue to the origin and family of Eleanor Felker. She was the second (or possibly third) wife of my gr gr gr grandfather John Bartlett. They married in St. John's Lutheran Church in Hagerstown in 1812. John was Church of England, so I'm guessing Eleanor probably was German Lutheran. Anyone know of Felkers (Voelker, Vogler, etc.) in Maryland or southeastern PA? There was a rumor that Eleanor was PA Dutch. John and Eleanor moved to Washington County, Ohio, around 1820. Thanks! Shelby Miller Ruch sam4@fyi.net You wrote: > From: David Athey <David.Athey@gallaudet.edu> > To: MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:55:37 -0800 > 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 > > >