Hello folks, This is my first post to this mailing list. I could not find anything about the places - Rulle, Osnabrück (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 Osnabrück. died: ? father: Franz Henrich BUSCH mother: Katharina Elizabeth STEINBRINK spouse: Carl Heinrich MÜNNICH, m. 29 APR 1838, Dom zu OS. child: Maria Elisabeth MÜNNICH, b. 22 FEB 1839, Osnabrück-Schinkel child: Carl Heinrich MÜNNICH, b. 4 MAY 1841, Osnabrück-Schinkel, d. 21 FEB 1842, Osnabrück-Schinkel child: Anna Maria Gertrud MÜNNICH, b. 8 MAY 1850, Osnabrück-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