In article <[email protected]>, Bob Melson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday 06 June 2009 13:32, Joe Pessarra ([email protected]) > opined: > > > "Gerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message > > news:[email protected] > >> In article <[email protected]>, > >> "Joe Pessarra" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> A search for William Pessarra in Texas in 1930 US Census was made. We > >>> are > >>> unable to read the place of birth of the father of William, as well as > >>> the > >>> place of birth of the mother of William. Looks like the country is > >>> Poland > >>> for the father, and Germany for the mother. This matches what records > >>> we do > >>> have about both of them. Thanks for any help in advance. > >>> > >>> Joe in Texas > >> > >> With the aid of the Heritage Quest image, mentioned by another poster, I > >> was able to locate the family in the Ancestry.com database, the name is > >> indexed under Pessarro. What I can make out for William's father's > >> birthplace is Nadein or Nadien, Poland and his mother's birthplace as > >> Moselk___, Germany. Was unable to locate or correct the spelling of > >> either town in my atlas. > >> > > > > > > Thanks to both Bob and Gerry for town name possibilities. Now I will see > > what I might find that might be a match for them. Will let you know my > > results, if any. > > > > Joe in Georgetown, Texas > > De nada. Speaking of nada, my mother's parents, about one hundred years ago, left Los Angeles and went to homesteaded in Iron County, Utah, my mother was born a few years later on the homestead at Nada, Utah. My family has always pronounced the town name as NayDah, it wasn't until a few years ago that someone pronounced it as one would in Spanish, it then became very clear, because there is nothing at Nada, Utah. To this day we still own the family homestaed located in the middle of a mile high desert.

On Saturday 06 June 2009 14:15, Gerry ([email protected]) opined: >> De nada. > > Speaking of nada, my mother's parents, about one hundred years ago, left > Los Angeles and went to homesteaded in Iron County, Utah, my mother was > born a few years later on the homestead at Nada, Utah. > > My family has always pronounced the town name as NayDah, it wasn't until > a few years ago that someone pronounced it as one would in Spanish, it > then became very clear, because there is nothing at Nada, Utah. > > To this day we still own the family homestaed located in the middle of a > mile high desert. Gerry, And, of course, your mother is de Nada (from Nada, literally). Ain't language fun? Smilin' Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. Thomas Jefferson