Brian, I DID use google. I do not appreciate you telling me to use google before asking for help. I DID use google. That is how I knew that there was no Rothenhausen in the Alsace, but that there was one in Germany and Switzerland. That is why I asked for help, from folks who might suggest an alternate name or something like that... Do you see how that works, Brian? Paul On Dé Domhnaigh, 3 Iúil, 2011, at 08:15, [email protected] wrote: > Have you considered it might be another reference to Rathsamhausen? > Rathsamhausen le Bas is less than one mile from Muttersholtz. > If you plug in Rathsamhausen le Haut (Ober Rathsamhausen) in Google maps, > you'll see a reference to it just outside of the town of Rathsamhausen le > Bas. > > Of course, the fact that Muttersholtz is listed as part of the locality > name, it would tend to lead one to think it was a part of Muttersholtz. > Muttersholtz, which is so large, I could probably throw a baseball from > one end of town to the other. Now with a town that big would you really > expect to find a reference to a place that is probably as long as a single > block in any gazetteer? Take for example my hometown try to find > Hagantown, Spackenkill, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA. It's not in any gazette, > but if you go there you'll find it. Maybe. If you ask a local, possibly. > > You have Muttersholtz, why are you looking in Germany? > > You really do need to do some google and google map work before asking for > help. We don't mind helping, but at some point we hope you'll learn how to > do some more of your own legwork first. These are simple searches. > > Substituting [le] bas for unter and [le] haut for ober. You should learn > to try separating ober and unter from town names, etc. Now it doesn't > always work and maybe you already tried all that. > > I know you're still very new at this region of research. I'm not trying to > pick on you or discourage you from asking questions, just trying to get > you to start trying to expand your research techniques. According to > Google Maps Muttersholtz has two town halls. One might be your > Rothenhausen. > > You really should go to google maps and explore the area around these > towns. You might find other towns in you list of places to find. > > HTH. > > Best regards, > Brian > > On Sun, July 3, 2011 8:36 am, [email protected] wrote: >> I have a relative who supposedly came from "Rothenhausen, Muttersholtz, >> Alsace." >> >> I do not see Rothenhausen on the list of towns on the French records web >> site for Bas Rhin, but of course I do see Muttersholtz. >> >> Is Rothenhausen a town in the Alsace? >> >> I see it in Germany and Switzerland... >> >> best, >> Paul >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >