First I wanted to thank everyone for the previous responses ... secondly, I''m also doing some work for a friend last name PELLINEN. He says it's Scandinavian and may have been spelled PELLINENT at one time. Has anyone heard of this surname and a have any knowledge of it's meaning? Thanks in advance, Mike Beitel "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." --James Madison--

Hello, Although I don't have a meaning for the name Pellinen : it looks Finnish. They have quite a number of names ending in -inen up there. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: <MikeBeitel@aol.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:40 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PELLINEN > First I wanted to thank everyone for the previous responses ... secondly, > I''m also doing some work for a friend last name PELLINEN. He says it's > Scandinavian and may have been spelled PELLINENT at one time. Has anyone > heard of this surname and a have any knowledge of it's meaning? > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike Beitel > > > > "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their > own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular > government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a > prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." > --James Madison-- > > > > ============================== > 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 > >