Am 09.01.2009 um 02:12 schrieb Thomas Rightmyer: > While English-speaking port authorities and others have found > lots of ways to spell my surname all the records I can find written by > family members spell it as I do. > > But I have no idea how it was spelled in Baden. My immigrant > ancestor's name has come down in the family as Henry Rightmyer. He > landed > in Philadelphia in 1744 from Amsterdam and said he was from > Unterwoessingen nr. Durlach. I have found Woessingen northeast of > Karlsruhe and Durlach, but have no idea how to proceed further. Try Unteröwisheim which is a city in the Bruchsal district. Kent **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://news.aol.com?ncid=emlcntusnews00000002)