There are many German help articles and books. Here is one about surnames: http://german.about.com/library/blsurname01.htm A Google search produces many leads. Mbmackie1231@aol.com wrote: > Is it possible somebody has written a book on anglicized and translated > names? It would help to be able to reference names to see if they are a > derivative. I'm a Younger descendant, and Younger was also Yuenger and Yonker. > > > In a message dated 2/16/2008 7:53:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, > rcarpenter2@charter.net writes: > > My father's family had a translated name: Zimmerman to Carpenter > > My mother's family also had a translated name: Freytag to Friday. > > Other Germans in my family are Anglicized names like Blanck to Plonk; Rein > to Rhyne; Bosshaar to Pasour; Kayser to Kiser, etc. > > While most German names were Anglicized some like Zimmerman and Freytag were > translated. > > Robert Carpenter >

thanks Kathy for the link to the germans name meanings Debra Just so the list knows Klein can also mean little ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Gunter Sullivan" <sully1@carolina.rr.com> To: <nclincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: [NCLINCOL] German surnames/English equivalents > There are many German help articles and books. Here is one about > surnames: http://german.about.com/library/blsurname01.htm > A Google search produces many leads. > > > Mbmackie1231@aol.com wrote: >> Is it possible somebody has written a book on anglicized and translated >> names? It would help to be able to reference names to see if they are a >> derivative. I'm a Younger descendant, and Younger was also Yuenger and >> Yonker. >> >> > >> In a message dated 2/16/2008 7:53:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, >> rcarpenter2@charter.net writes: >> >> My father's family had a translated name: Zimmerman to Carpenter >> >> My mother's family also had a translated name: Freytag to Friday. >> >> Other Germans in my family are Anglicized names like Blanck to Plonk; >> Rein >> to Rhyne; Bosshaar to Pasour; Kayser to Kiser, etc. >> >> While most German names were Anglicized some like Zimmerman and Freytag >> were >> translated. >> >> Robert Carpenter >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >