karl binz wrote: > > I checked my " German English Genealogical Dictionary" by Ernest Theode. I could > not find the word "rhude". Ruhe is there meaning peace, rest. The names listed > for Rudolph were: Rud, Rudi, Rudolf, Rudolphus, Rudy,Ruodi, and Rohlf. Sorry I > couldn't be of more help. Barbara in Idaho > Don't let the "Rh" instead of "R" at the beginning of the name thrown you. People in those days spelled names and words phonetically. They used the letters they thought they should. Here's a practical example using the same beginning letters. "rhubarb" (the correct spelling) can be just as easily be phonetically spelled "rubarb". Marilyn CT