Ok, I give in...my Nellie was really Petranella or Petronella. Spotted that on an early census. Bonnie Burkhardt burkhardtb@wideopenwest.com Contribute an index of the obituaries in your newspaper to http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy & Ted" <hootmon2@earthlink.net> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] The name Nellie > ...and yet another twist -- I have a friend who has always been called > Nell, > but in fact it is her middle name, a surname "de Nelle" that has been > passed > down for a number of generations in her family. There are always at > least > a couple of Nells in each generation, but none of them actually have it as > their first name. Totally confusing for descendants if not known. > Nancy > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >