This will look and sound somewhat strange, but in order to find an approximate pronunciation, do the following: Stand in front of a mirror and then watch yourself form the letter "O". Your lips are only slightly extended and round. If you want to make the "Oe" sound, extend your lips fully and the "O" sound automatically becomes the "Oe" sound as the lips are slightly flatter and produce a higher pitched sound. Most definitely, it is not pronounced as "Westerly" in Germany, but I can see how that would evolve once it had been unsuccessfully attempted on numerous occasions. Give it a shot. Regards, Don **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)

Try looking for marriages in B-W and elsewhere in Germany at the following pilot search page by LDS FamilySearch. Go to www.FamilySearch.com Select the words "See new prototype for searching millions of new records" Wait a minute or two for the site to download onto your PC. Select "View all collections" Select "German baptisms 1700-1900" or "German marriages 1700-1900" The data is not new nor is it complete, just searchable in a new way. However, there are NEW free databases on this page. For example, the 1850 U.S. Federal Census which previously you had to have a membership in Ancestry to view. This index is NOT the Ancestry index but a new one indexed by volunteers via FamilySearchIndexing.org. Other databases will be added as the indexing is complete. Bookmark it and use it. Also, consider volunteering to index so we'll more indexes sooner. There are German indexing projects, BTW. Regards, Paul

Hi Paul ! Thank you for the above information - this site is always changing :-) Even I do work on it as in indexing volunteer, most of the time I get online something has changed. I have one question that I can not figure out for myself. The box labelled "Place" seems to have certain preferences that are in the dark to me. I have been trying to "refine" some searches by parishes where I know that records are online (IGI). Most the time some text pops up whichen I start typing my own. Then I get the answer that there are no records from that area - but without typing anything into that field, I get resaults. ????????? Wilhelm Paul Rands schrieb: > Try looking for marriages in B-W and elsewhere in Germany at the following > pilot search page by LDS FamilySearch. > > Go to www.FamilySearch.com > > Select the words "See new prototype for searching millions of new records" > > Wait a minute or two for the site to download onto your PC. > > Select "View all collections" > > Select "German baptisms 1700-1900" or "German marriages 1700-1900" > > The data is not new nor is it complete, just searchable in a new way. > However, there are NEW free databases on this page. For example, the 1850 > U.S. Federal Census which previously you had to have a membership in > Ancestry to view. This index is NOT the Ancestry index but a new one > indexed by volunteers via FamilySearchIndexing.org. Other databases will be > added as the indexing is complete. > > Bookmark it and use it. Also, consider volunteering to index so we'll more > indexes sooner. There are German indexing projects, BTW. > > Regards, > > Paul > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

-----Original Message----- From: baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rands Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:22 PM To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com Subject: [BW] New Search Tool For German baptisms and marriages 1700-1900 Try looking for marriages in B-W and elsewhere in Germany at the following pilot search page by LDS FamilySearch. Go to www.FamilySearch.com Select the words "See new prototype for searching millions of new records" Wait a minute or two for the site to download onto your PC. Select "View all collections" Select "German baptisms 1700-1900" or "German marriages 1700-1900" The data is not new nor is it complete, just searchable in a new way. However, there are NEW free databases on this page. For example, the 1850 U.S. Federal Census which previously you had to have a membership in Ancestry to view. This index is NOT the Ancestry index but a new one indexed by volunteers via FamilySearchIndexing.org. Other databases will be added as the indexing is complete. Bookmark it and use it. Also, consider volunteering to index so we'll more indexes sooner. There are German indexing projects, BTW. Regards, Paul ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message