I'm a Nancy who is really an Ann. It has caused no end of confusion in my life, even my brother doesn't know my real name! Look in any name book, it will tell you that Nancy is a diminutive of Ann -- you can see how Nan grew into Nancy. I think back in the day, you would never have had a child Nancy and another child Ann in the same family--my mother was astounded and horrified the first time she heard That one. I once shared the Nancy/Ann bit with another list and a woman wrote to me with a Eureka moment -- she could never find her Swedish ancestor Ann (whatever that would have been in that language) in the censuses over here, because she used the name Nancy in the USA. nancy aka ann

My gggrandmother was named Dianna. Does any one know an 1800's nickname for that? I cant find her in ship lists etc and always wondered if Dianna was the nick name or a part of something else? Nancy & Ted <hootmon2@earthlink.net> wrote: I'm a Nancy who is really an Ann. It has caused no end of confusion in my life, even my brother doesn't know my real name! Look in any name book, it will tell you that Nancy is a diminutive of Ann -- you can see how Nan grew into Nancy. I think back in the day, you would never have had a child Nancy and another child Ann in the same family--my mother was astounded and horrified the first time she heard That one. I once shared the Nancy/Ann bit with another list and a woman wrote to me with a Eureka moment -- she could never find her Swedish ancestor Ann (whatever that would have been in that language) in the censuses over here, because she used the name Nancy in the USA. nancy aka ann ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Randi Bowles-Meentzen

You might try Diane, Diana, Dina - I don't know the ethnic background, but you mentioned ship lists, so try to find out what the name in her original langauage would be - and then search for misspellings! Also, it could be a middle name, or she could have been regularly called by a middle name. That was quite common in the 19th century also. Joanne Gaudio