------------------------------ Message-ID: <02A58ED0-9390-47[1]DB-8839-86348445A44D@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Ludwig, the southern quarters of Strasbourg are called Neudorf. [2]http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neudorf_(Strasbourg) Neudorf means "new village". Etienne Le 3 f?vr. 13 ? 19:24, Ludwig Feist a ?crit : > One of my ancestors in bas-rhin circa 1778 references Neudorff as > where they are from. > > I checked Strasbourg area and came up empty for them. > > Also checked Haut-Rhin nothing there either. > > Was there any place else near bas-rhin area that went by name of > Neudorff?? The family that mentions it shows up in trimbach area abt > 10 years later. Here the entries for "Neudorf" in the book "Das Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen": - Neudorf, village in 1900, now part of Strasbourg - Neudorf now called Village-Neuf (canton of Huningue, Haut-Rhin, Alsace) located about 18km South-East of Mulhouse - Neudorf, village in 1900, part of Bibiche since 1801 (canton of Bouzonville, Moselle, Lorraine) - Neudorf, farm in Merschweiller (canton of Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, Lorraine) - Neudorf, part of Soucht (canton of Rohrbach-les-Bitche, Moselle, Lorraine) - Neudorf, disappeared village between Burnhaupt-le-Haut (Haut-Rhin, Alsace) and Soppe-le Bas/Niedersultzbach ((Haut-Rhin, Alsace) References 1. mailto:DB-8839-86348445A44D@wanadoo.fr 2. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neudorf_