The German proper name for Frank is Franc. Franz is Francis not Frank in German (i.e., Franz Josef or Francis Joseph von Hapsburg). Buck -----Original Message----- From: kathielee02@yahoo.com To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 14 May 2007 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] what is the German name for Frank? Frederick is not German for Frank. Frederick can take on a variety of spellings and still be considered Germanic but it isn't Frank. Frederick can also be Fritz which is actually a sort of nickname for Frederick. "R. Lipprandt" <rloss@bellsouth.net> wrote: Or Friedrich... Regards, Bob~~ Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] what is the German name for Frank? > > Most likely that will be Franz. > > Maureen Schoenky > > > ************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.