Greetings Ralph, I saw in your posting that you are in southern France. Are all of your Busch relatives from Germany? I have Busch relatives that came from France. Theyre name was spelled Bousch first, then Busch, then they shortened it to Bush. I believe Jean Michael was the first one to use the Bush spelling here in the U.S. Did all of your Busch's stay in Germany or is it possible some came to the U.S.? All the best, Paula BUSCH-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: BUSCH-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 21 Today's Topics: #1 Maria Elisabeth BUSCH, b. 19 NOV 1 [Ralph SOBEK ] Administrivia: To stop receiving this Digest, send an email containing one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject Line and Message area, to: BUSCH-D-request@rootsweb.com. NO other text! Still need help? Contact the List Admin at: BUSCH-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:38:56 +0200 From: Ralph SOBEK <sobek@irit.fr> To: BUSCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Maria Elisabeth BUSCH, b. 19 NOV 1809, Rulle, bei Osnabr�ck, Germany Hello folks, This is my first post to this mailing list. I could not find anything about the places - Rulle, Osnabr�ck (with or without Umlaut), Lower Saxony - in the list archives. I am interested in any related data since I have a BUSCH in my family, from Germany. I know that BUSCH is a common German name. Do you know the German origins of yours? Here's my personal genealogical data: person: Maria Elizabeth BUSCH born: 19 NOV 1809, Rulle, bei Osnabr�ck. died: ? father: Franz Henrich BUSCH mother: Katharina Elizabeth STEINBRINK spouse: Carl Heinrich M�NNICH, m. 29 APR 1838, Dom zu OS. child: Maria Elisabeth M�NNICH, b. 22 FEB 1839, Osnabr�ck-Schinkel child: Carl Heinrich M�NNICH, b. 4 MAY 1841, Osnabr�ck-Schinkel, d. 21 FEB 1842, Osnabr�ck-Schinkel child: Anna Maria Gertrud M�NNICH, b. 8 MAY 1850, Osnabr�ck-Schinkel Maria Elisabeth BUSCH is my great-great-great-grandmother! Do any of these names or places ring a bell with you or a relative of yours? Good luck in your research! Cheers from southern France, --Ralph =============================================================================== Try my Genealogy site: http://www.sobek.org/, http://www2.sobek.org/ (Europe) In case a reply to me bounces back to you, please use ralph at laas.fr, replacing ` at ' with `@' to thwart the spammers. Sorry! SPAMMERS Beware: http://www.irit.fr/~Ralph.Sobek/welcome.shtml#Mail-Warning