hi, hope you get this, the gremlins are back. it seemed alot named their children after the godparents. Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Koerner Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 12:27 PM To: PALEHIGH-L Subject: [PALEHIGH] Early Custom Naming of Children Does some one know what was the custom of naming German children in the 1700's and 1800's. One custom I heard was the first born son was to honor the father's father , the second to honor the wife's father, then the third was to honor the father. It seem the female followed a similar custom. Are there any other customs? Gordon A. Koerner ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message