From: DStam33157@aol.com <mailto:DStam33157@aol.com> Subject: Re: [Q-R] Gender of Name Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:59:48 -0400 (EDT) If the record is in french .......look for "baptise" or baptisee" and "ne' or "nee" .......if there's the extra "e" then it denotes a female child being born and baptized and yes, usually Josephte is a female Joseph would be the male, in many cases you find "josephte" using Josephine or Josette. In a message dated 6/26/2014 5:45:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, go.pluto@frontier.com writes: In a baptism, is the name Josephite always female or could it be male also and later called Joseph. Are there some other words in the baptism that would denote the gender besides the name? George