--- LarkLine@aol.com wrote: > From: LarkLine@aol.com > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:32:17 EDT > Subject: Re: [PFALZ] Old German naming patterns > To: rmuerer@yahoo.com > > Reading comments on the German naming pattern > reminds me that the usual > middle name Johann LEONHARDT Kirchstetter, is, in > German, the RUFNAMEN, > meaning the "called name" rufen = to call and Namen > = name. His neighbors > called him Leonard, but some records, especially > those done by English tax > collectors (in 18th century PA), come out as JOHN. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/