i think it is these surprises that make genealogy so exciting. > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:14:35 -0500 > From: toddcarnes@gmail.com > To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [A-L] SCHAWANG genealogy > > On 3/7/2013 9:53 PM, Debi Knight wrote: > > this whole alsace thing came as a huge surprise to me. my father thought his family was protestant Germans from Munich. they were r.c. from soufflenheim, alsace. my father was really surprised. i love genealogy! > I know the feeling. > > I grew up vaguely remembering German speaking great grandparents. I was, > also, always told by my grandmother and my aunt that the family was > German, but then, lo and behold, I discover from my own actual research > that while they spoke German, they were actually from Wietersviller, > Wingen-sur-Moder, Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne and the surrounding areas. > > Todd > > -- > 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