The first name(s)were probably favorite saints per http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm
-------------------- Steve Spicer http://www.spicerweb.org Outgoing email scanned with Norton Anti-Virus -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Hayes Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Middle name usage On 16 Apr 2006 at 7:22, Roxanne wrote: > Sorry for chiming in late on this topic. I have found that, within a > certain time period (both in my family and my fiance's family) it > seemed to be common to use the middle name rather than the first name. > I can't tell you how many times I have searched for someone in the > census, sometimes entire families, and found them all enumerated under > their middle names. It seemed to be most common in the 1880 US Census. > (Again, this is for my and my fiance's families.) In Germany in the 19th century it seemed to be common to use the last first name, if you see what I mean. We had a Michael John Christian Falkenberg who was known as Christian Falkenberg, for example. We have the name as Christian Falkenberg, and then put the full names in an aka. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.geocities.com/hayesstw/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
