Sender: QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by hil-img-7.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/2.7) with ESMTP id OAA28958; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:19:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA28628; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:12:31 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:12:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:08:11 -0500 (CDT) From: DANIEL TREADWAY <treadway@netins.net> To: JYoung6180@aol.com cc: janiceaf@ix.netcom.com, jts@mwt.net, PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com, PENNSYLVANIA-ROOTS-L@listserv.indiana.edu, QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: GINDER/TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION In-Reply-To: <971015121216_557428486@emout07.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971015130611.20639A-100000@worf.netins.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: <"pd6fSC.A.VhE.-WQR0"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1949 X-Loop: QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com I'm not sure what this means. Aren't all nouns capitalized in German? if so, capitalization does not imply (as it does in English) that this is a proper noun. On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > Janice, sorry--I just saw your later message-one of these days I will learn > to read them all before replying. :) I think the important thing here is > the K was capitalized--you are correct that Klein means little. We now agree > though that is this case it means her maiden name. > > Joan Myers Young >