Oops..misspelled Hibernian on the last message...sorry. Re: the Latin names...the LDS have a valuable little pamphlet..I think it's under $1..."Genealogical Word List.......Latin" which gives variant forms, plurals, grammatical use, genders and Key Word section...also an dictionary of Latin words and their meanings.. so you can understand the documents. So if the ancestor your searching is "alemannus" you can look in the dictionary and see that he is German. It's compact and designed for genealogical use. Also there is a book: by Charles trice Martin: "The Record Interpreter: A Collection of Abbreviations Latin Words and Names Used in English Historical Manuscripts and Records" 2nd ed. London: Stevens, 1910 (the LDS Family History Center has this on film: 547,182 item 3 on the film. There should be a Family History Center listed in your phone book probably under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Best of luck to you! Trudy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 5:11 PM Subject: OH-CLEVELAND-IRISH-D Digest V00 #113