Thanks so much to all of you who helped with the abbreviation for Johannes. I could find no pattern as to when Jois versus Joes was used. I found both in birth and marriage records. Jane

Hallo List - hello Jane, the difference between Jois and Joes is given with the gender: Joes is nominative Jois is genitive Say: Joes son of Jois was born on May 27th 1755 Ursula Buchholz mailto: [email protected] www.ursula-buchholz.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:20 AM Subject: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Abbreviation > Thanks so much to all of you who helped with the abbreviation for Johannes. > I could find no pattern as to when Jois versus Joes was used. I found both > in birth and marriage records. > Jane > > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe > >