The reason I posted the question on Bryne to begin with is because I couldn't find it on any map of Germany that I have. I went online and checked different map sites. Also checked LDS library. My great great grandfather was born June 13, 1813 in Bavaria. I have researched this Hoehn family for at least 8 years and never found a town where he was born. All census records, death records, cemetery records just have Bavaria as his birthplace. Last week I finally found his brother Frank Hoehn. Someone went to the Putnam County Ohio library and found a Hoehn family file there. This file had Frank Hoehn's birthplace as Bryne Germany. That's why I posted this question to the Bavaria mail list. Just thought I'd explain why the question was brought up to begin with. Let's drop the subject now. Janet

You know, Janet, I bet the answer is the very simple one of the recorder not understanding what the answer to the question was. In other words, I bet the person giving his place of birth said Bayern or Baiern and the recorder heard Bry-en (and transposed the ne). If this is the case, you are still stuck with the the State of Bavaria but no town name. I put Bryne into the Shtetlseeker and it gave a long list of similar spellings and similar sounding names but nothing that might have been Bryne as a town name. Here is the url and you can see for yourself. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm Sorry, we couldn't help. Mary Ann > Hoehn family file there. This file had Frank Hoehn's birthplace as Bryne > Germany. That's why I posted this question to the Bavaria mail list. Just > thought I'd explain why the question was brought up to begin with. Let's > drop the subject now. Janet > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister or Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal > Bavarian Ancestors Memberpages http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/4400/index1.html