This may be of interest to this list. Paul Here's an interesting article about 18th century German naming patterns in PA. http://www.kalglo.com/germname.htm Susan Ball Tyson Macon,Georgia teetyson@mindspring.com ==== PABEDFOR Mailing List ==== Just to let you know, if you don't already, about the USGenweb site for Bedford County Genealogy at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabedfor/bedford.html