Thanks to all for their responses. Maybe the reason I was so sure that there was a Lum in Bavaria is that I remember there is a Lum in Michigan. Dave Welser -----Original Message----- From: Stan Lintner <engrlin@earthlink.net> To: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [BAVARIA] Welser >There is , however, an Ulm as well as a Neu Ulm in Bavaria. Could it be that >your letters have been transposed somewhere along the line from Ulm into >Lum? > >>Welser, Lum or Oberlum Bavaria >> >>I have tried the usual sources and although I would have told you there is >a >>Lum, I have not been able to find either of the above cities, towns, >>villages. This is one of the placenames associated with my branch of the >>family. Any suggestions would be appreciated. >> >>Dave Welser >>Edgewater, MD >>