I'm betting that Fanny is a nickname for Frances; at least that was the case for my grandmother. --Suzanne On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:37:04 -0600 Jim & Sondra Brown <cats@eosinc.com> wrote: > Let me push your patience just a little more.... How about Fanny? > Any ideas on what it would be short for? Or is Fanny the whole thing. > I think she is German. Having trouble proving a connection to family > from Pa. Sondra > > ______________________________ ---------------------- Suzanne Bunkers Professor of English & Director of Honors Program Minnesota State University Mankato MN 56002-8400 E-mail: suzanne.bunkers@Mankato.MSUS.EDU Home page: http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~susanna/Default.htm