Another more scholorly source has these versions: English: Gertrude German: Trude Italian: Geltrude Norwegian: Gerthud Polish: Giertrude Swedish, Hungarian: Gertrud Spanish: Gertrudis French, Russian, Greek: No equivalent On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:57:23 GMT "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes: > > Duh! I guess I was assuming that Gertie was Polish, so didn't > even think of Gertrude...........even though I am researching an > Irish Gertrude right now. I guess I can look them up on the census > now and maybe an earlier or later one will have the full name. > Thanks all, for jolting my brain. KathyB