This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CFB.2ACI/348.1.1 Message Board Post: I think you will find these to be popular names among the German people. You also find the same names repeating themselves in every generation. They had a method to their naming children. You can find a explaination of it at: www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/records/vital/extra5.html