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

Gordon, check these sites: http://72.14.203.104/searchq=cache:CzMGgHcAOcwJ:www.rieperoots.com/MYPAGES/Names/customs.html+GERMAN+NAMING+CUSTOMS&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=us http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm http://www.progenealogists.com/namingpatterns.htm Doug Strohl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Koerner" <judygak@ntelos.net> To: "PALEHIGH-L" <PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:27 PM 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