Hi Pat Try this spelling Prönnecke - a family from Broistedt in Germany. For others struggling with unusual names, I went to Rootsweb WorldConnect and typed in " Pron* " and that's what came up. Hope it helps. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hase" <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:23 PM Subject: [B&D] PRÖNNEBECK I'm afraid as far as I know this has nothing to do with Bristol but are there any listers from Germany who could help me? I've found a marriage in 1882 in Liverpool of a John SIMPSON to an Elisabeth PRÖNNEBECK On later censuses she says she was born in Germany but is a British citizen. She is a 3 x great grandmother of my grandchildren (who were born in this area!). I can find no mention of the surname anywhere else - not on Google, familysearch, ancestry - does anyone recognise it or could give a viable alternative? I've sent for the certificate to see if that helps. Thanks Pat ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Liz, Thank you. That's a very useful tip - I had forgotten about Rootsweb WorldConnect I'll keep on looking. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [B&D] PRÖNNEBECK Hi Pat Try this spelling Prönnecke - a family from Broistedt in Germany. For others struggling with unusual names, I went to Rootsweb WorldConnect and typed in " Pron* " and that's what came up. Hope it helps. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hase" <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> Subject: [B&D] PRÖNNEBECK I'm afraid as far as I know this has nothing to do with Bristol but are there any listers from Germany who could help me? I've found a marriage in 1882 in Liverpool of a John SIMPSON to an Elisabeth PRÖNNEBECK On later censuses she says she was born in Germany but is a British citizen. She is a 3 x great grandmother of my grandchildren (who were born in this area!). I can find no mention of the surname anywhere else - not on Google, familysearch, ancestry - does anyone recognise it or could give a viable alternative? I've sent for the certificate to see if that helps. Thanks Pat

Hi Pat, Another tip when searching is to look for PROEN* - German vowels with umlauts (the ") can also be written with an e following the vowel to indicate the same thing: sometimes used e.g. when typing on an English keyboard without an umlaut key. Karen 2010/1/11 Liz <e.newbery@btinternet.com> > Hi Pat > > Try this spelling Prönnecke - a family from Broistedt in Germany. > > For others struggling with unusual names, I went to Rootsweb WorldConnect > and typed in " Pron* " and that's what came up. Hope it helps. > > Liz > www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery <http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ee.newbery> > OPC for Street, Somerset > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Hase" <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> > To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:23 PM > Subject: [B&D] PRÖNNEBECK > > > I'm afraid as far as I know this has nothing to do with Bristol but are > there any listers from Germany who could help me? > I've found a marriage in 1882 in Liverpool of a John SIMPSON to an > Elisabeth > PRÖNNEBECK > On later censuses she says she was born in Germany but is a British > citizen. > She is a 3 x great grandmother of my grandchildren (who were born in this > area!). I can find no mention of the surname anywhere else - not on > Google, > familysearch, ancestry - does anyone recognise it or could give a viable > alternative? > > I've sent for the certificate to see if that helps. > >