Ahoj, Juraj. AMALIE translates to AMELIA. She may simply have adopted the name Ethel for personal reasons. Josef jurajtkac@juno.com wrote: > Hello List, > > I finally found grandmother on the Ellis Island site, wherein she is > travelling with her new born 10 month old daughter. The daughter's given > name is recorded as AMALIE but she (my aunt) has always been known as > ETHEL. I may be wrong but I do not think ETHEL is a Slavic given name. > Could it be an English equivalent? If not I will have to look elsewhere > for an explanation. > > Have a great life, > Juraj > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237