This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QUB.2ACE/1034.1 Message Board Post: http://www.compter.org/info.htm#Whats%20in%20a%20name Susan, take a look at this site if you can get it to work. It lists some naming patterns for different groups and which child was named after which relative. Josh