Thank you, Rikard, that is very helpful! -Shannon Sent from my iPhone On Jan 16, 2013, at 4:36 PM, "Rikard Hill" <rikrikardo1@centurytel.net> wrote: > In the 17th and 18th centuries there were Decouvy families living in the towns of Rechicourt, Spincourt, and Saint-Pierrevillars in Meuse but the database at www.meuse-archive.com does not list any being born or dying there in the 19th century. Given they left from Rotterdam, the entire family may have gone to Luxembourg and/or Holland for a number of years before leaving for New York. As the name Decouvy is so uncommon in France, it may belong more in an adjoining country, although a quick search turned up nothing. > > Part of my wife's family emigrated from northern Meuse leaving through Antwerp, Belgium. As your family bypassed this port closest to Meuse, they may have already been living in Holland. Alternatively, the prices for transport may have been cheaper in Rotterdam. > > Rikard Hill > > -----Original Message----- > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shannon dean > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:03 PM > To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [A-L] Need help locating Decouvy > > That's so strange. Maybe they changed their name and that's why I'm having such a difficult time locating them?Thank you, Ewald! > -Shannon > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:14 AM, "Ewald K." <ewald.klein@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Shannon, >> >> According to the site www.geopatronyme.com, the name DECOUVY is very >> rare in France : >> births registered ONLY in Ollières (Meuse, Lorraine), only between >> 1891-1915. No birth registered in France after that date. >> >> Ewald >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Shannon dean" <Shannie77dean@aol.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:54 PM >> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [A-L] Need help locating Decouvy >> >>> I have searched and searched but cannot locate my ancestors from >>> Alsace-Lorraine and do not believe the info is available online. Any >>> information at all including location, parents, siblings, marriage >>> dates, etc. would be greatly appreciated. >>> Husband: >>> Philippe Decouvy (born Jan. 9, 1832) >>> Wife: >>> Jeanette/Jeannine Decouvy (Oct. 3, 1841) >>> Daughter: >>> Celestia/Celestina Decouvy (May 19, 1869) >>> >>> I do know they arrived in New York from Rotterdam, Netherlands in >>> 1890, but prior to that, lived in Alsace-Lorraine. Thank you! >>> >>> -Shannon Dean >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> -- >>> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.ht >>> m >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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