Can anyone tell me if the name Johann is equivalent to or interchangeable with Julius? As everyone on this list probably knows I am looking for Julius Wilhelm Burgdorf. This is the name he used on a couple of documents in New Orleans, La. but the name J. W. Burgdorf appears on the Hamburg Emigration list and on the passenger list of the ship Oder. On the Emigration list he states that his place of origin is Baddeckenstedt
Erika Giftge kindly searched the church records in Baddeckenstedt and found a Johann Heinrich Wilhelm in the time frame of my search. Could this be my Julius?
Max
Hello Max,
no, Johann and Julius are different, imho they might be brothers but not the same person. (And Johann, Julius, Wilhelm and Heinrich were very popular.)
Regards
Kerstin