Thanks to all who replied to my question, which I further confused by making a typo in my subject line (though not in my actual message). It was 'Dangel' of course, not 'Danget'. The consensus seems to be that it can be assumed to be Daniel until proven otherwise. The problem may be not so much how it sounds as how it looks; it is from a ship's list which they signed themselves in the old German writing. I have not seen the original list myself. My reasoning was that 'i' is easily confused with 'j' which is easily confused with 'g', but I wasn't very happy with this and wanted to know what others thought. So thanks again. -- jan <janiceaf@ix.netcom.com> Researching names: FRANK, KELLER, LUPHER/LUPFER, PENROSE, SCHULTZ, TAYLOR ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own?