Carol, Minna and Mina were often nicknames for Wilhelmine or Wilhelmina in my family, also from Prussia. Janet "Carol M. Duff" <duffc@redwing.net> wrote: Rollo, My grandmother's family also would not admit to anything other that German and living in Prussia, until the St. Petersburg archives identified births in Volhynia. When I asked them about the first birth record that I found, they said, "No, our family has not lived outside of Prussia." Finally, after the 3rd birth record they admitted that it truly was their family. My grandmother, Minna Schumann, supposedly was born in 1892 in Eichfier, West Prussia. I still have not found her birth record, but then SLC does not have all the birth records from there. I realize also that Minna may not be the recorded name as another grandmother, Amelia, was found to have the birth name of Regina Wilhelmine Emelie. Carol ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.