Hello all, Ewald is right, GILLICH or GILLIG is a rare surname. Let me add that is is sometimes written GILG. This name is common in Eguisheim, Haut- Rhin, for instance. Etienne Le 2 nov. 08 à 08:00, alsace-lorraine-request@rootsweb.com a écrit : > Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:24:03 +0100 > From: "EWALD" <ewald.klein@gmail.com> > > Hi, > > The name GILLICH is rare in Alsace-Lorraine, only 3 births during > the last > century: in Colmar (Haut Rhin, Alsace) and Neuf-Brisach (Haut Rhin), > only between 1941-1965. > (...) > Ewald (living in Alsace)

I Have seen the spelling GILLIG in Epfig Bas-Rhin, and wonder if GILLY is also another variant, found in Thannenkich, Haut-Rhin - Giliane -----Original Message----- From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Etienne Herrbach Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 2:59 AM To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-L] 1836 census Bischwiller - GILLICH Hello all, Ewald is right, GILLICH or GILLIG is a rare surname. Let me add that is is sometimes written GILG. This name is common in Eguisheim, Haut- Rhin, for instance. Etienne Le 2 nov. 08 à 08:00, alsace-lorraine-request@rootsweb.com a écrit : > Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:24:03 +0100 > From: "EWALD" <ewald.klein@gmail.com> > > Hi, > > The name GILLICH is rare in Alsace-Lorraine, only 3 births during > the last > century: in Colmar (Haut Rhin, Alsace) and Neuf-Brisach (Haut Rhin), > only between 1941-1965. > (...) > Ewald (living in Alsace) -- 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 ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1762 - Release Date: 11/2/2008 9:51 AM