If you have trouble with the library's new website (like slow loading due to java scripts), try bookmarking the genealogy page. It is here: http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc __________________________________________________ On Saturday, June 25th at 10:00 AM the St. Louis County Library Headquarters will have a speaker named Dr. Walter D. Kamphoefner , a professor of history at Texas A&M and a fifth generation Missouri German. His talk is named: "Uprooted or Transplanted? Patterns of German Immigration to Missouri." Here is the info from the St. Louis County Library web site: "Using real-life examples, including some from his own family history, Dr. Kamphoefner, a fifth-generation descendant of Missouri Germans, will discuss his research of large-scale chain migration — people immigrating to places where they already had personal connections — making immigration much less traumatic. Contact: Headquarters - Special Collections 314-994-3300 ext 208" My bet is that this class will fill quickly, so I would encourage anyone interested to call the library and see if reservations are needed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ The following article is reprinted with permission of the author. "Maybe Your Irish Ancestor's Given Name is Not the Name You've Been Searching" We have all been reminded to check the various ways of spelling a surname but most of us forget about variances to our ancestors' given names. When I discovered that my ancestor, Eugene Finnigan was named after his father, Owen Finnigan, I was truly surprised. I went back to check other records and sure enough, Nancy was Honora! There are many excellent books in Salt Lake City with name feferences and the list below is English names and the Irish counterpart of the names mentioned most often in the many books. Just be aware of the name change possibility when you seem to be hitting a brick wall in your research. Abigail - Libby, Gail Abbie Alice - Elsie, Alicia, Lizzie Eileen - Ellen, Evelyn, Helen, Nellie, Lena Ann - Hannah, Johanna Benjamin - Bernard Bernard - Benjamin, Brian Bryan Bridget- Biddy, Brenda, Delia, Dina, Bess Catherine - Kathleen, Cassie, Cathy, Kate, Kitty, Trina Charles - Carl Daniel - Donald, Donny Dennis - Duncan Doreen - Dora, Dorothy Edwin - Edward, Edmund Eleanor - Lena, Nora, Ellen Helen, Evelyn Ellie Elizabeth - Bess, Betsy, Betty, Sheila, Eliza, Biddy Ellen - Nellie, Lena, Helen, Eleanor Eugene - Owen Felix - Phillip Frances - Fanny Garret - Gary, Gerard Gertrude - Grace, Trudie Honora - Anna, Nancy, Johanna, Nora, Ann Harold - Henry Herbert - Hugh Isabel - Elizabeth James - Jacob, Jim, Shamus Jane - Janet, Jean, Joan John - Sean, Jack, Shane Louis/Lewis - Aloysius, Lucius Margaret - Peggy, Molly, Rita, Greta, Polly, Madge, Marge, Meg, Maggie Mary - Molly, Maureen, Minnie, Mamie, Marie, Maria Nancy - Ann, Hannah Nicholas - Colin Penelope - Fiona, enny Pierce - Peter Robert - Robin, Burt Rose - Roseann, Rosetta Sarah - Sara, Sadie, Sally William - Liam, Will end of article I might add that when you are studying Latin records, look for Guillermus/Guillermo which is William. Then there is Jacobus, which is James. Most of the latin names are distinguishable as their English counterparts. Diane Shaw
Dear Diane, Any idea why they changed. None of my bookmarks are any good any more. Georgia Diane wrote: > If you have trouble with the library's new website (like slow loading > due to java scripts), try bookmarking the genealogy page. It is here: > > http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc > __________________________________________________ > > On Saturday, June 25th at 10:00 AM the St. Louis County Library > Headquarters will have a speaker named Dr. Walter D. Kamphoefner , a > professor of history at Texas A&M and a fifth generation Missouri > German. His talk is named: "Uprooted or Transplanted? Patterns of German > Immigration to Missouri." Here is the info from the St. Louis County > Library web site: > > "Using real-life examples, including some from his own family history, > Dr. Kamphoefner, a fifth-generation descendant of Missouri Germans, will > discuss his research of large-scale chain migration people immigrating > to places where they already had personal connections making > immigration much less traumatic. Contact: Headquarters - Special > Collections 314-994-3300 ext 208" > > My bet is that this class will fill quickly, so I would encourage anyone > interested to call the library and see if reservations are needed. > > __________________________________________________________________________________________ > The following article is reprinted with permission of the author. > > "Maybe Your Irish Ancestor's Given Name is Not the Name You've Been > Searching" > > We have all been reminded to check the various ways of spelling a > surname but most of us forget about variances to our ancestors' given > names. When I discovered that my ancestor, Eugene Finnigan was named > after his father, Owen Finnigan, I was truly surprised. I went back to > check other records and sure enough, Nancy was Honora! There are many > excellent books in Salt Lake City with name feferences and the list > below is English names and the Irish counterpart of the names mentioned > most often in the many books. Just be aware of the name change > possibility when you seem to be hitting a brick wall in your research. > > Abigail - Libby, Gail Abbie > Alice - Elsie, Alicia, Lizzie > Eileen - Ellen, Evelyn, Helen, Nellie, Lena > Ann - Hannah, Johanna > Benjamin - Bernard > Bernard - Benjamin, Brian Bryan > Bridget- Biddy, Brenda, Delia, Dina, Bess > Catherine - Kathleen, Cassie, Cathy, Kate, Kitty, Trina > Charles - Carl > Daniel - Donald, Donny > Dennis - Duncan > Doreen - Dora, Dorothy > Edwin - Edward, Edmund > Eleanor - Lena, Nora, Ellen Helen, Evelyn Ellie > Elizabeth - Bess, Betsy, Betty, Sheila, Eliza, Biddy > Ellen - Nellie, Lena, Helen, Eleanor > Eugene - Owen > Felix - Phillip > Frances - Fanny > Garret - Gary, Gerard > Gertrude - Grace, Trudie > Honora - Anna, Nancy, Johanna, Nora, Ann > Harold - Henry > Herbert - Hugh > Isabel - Elizabeth > James - Jacob, Jim, Shamus > Jane - Janet, Jean, Joan > John - Sean, Jack, Shane > Louis/Lewis - Aloysius, Lucius > Margaret - Peggy, Molly, Rita, Greta, Polly, Madge, Marge, Meg, Maggie > Mary - Molly, Maureen, Minnie, Mamie, Marie, Maria > Nancy - Ann, Hannah > Nicholas - Colin > Penelope - Fiona, enny > Pierce - Peter > Robert - Robin, Burt > Rose - Roseann, Rosetta > Sarah - Sara, Sadie, Sally > William - Liam, Will > end of article > > I might add that when you are studying Latin records, look for > Guillermus/Guillermo which is William. Then there is Jacobus, which is > James. Most of the latin names are distinguishable as their English > counterparts. > > Diane Shaw > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List [email protected]