Wendelin, Thank you for the reply. Yes, it might be Lehmänn, although I really did read the second letter as an "o". The town of Diersburg was spelled Dierspurg, it appeared, too - but I figured that one out by looking at a map. I've been so use to "dropping" the final "in" for females when translating into English, that I can't even remember if that Lohmänn had the "in" or not. Here are the two dates you requested: Joseph Ex born and baptized 27 Jan 1740 son of Andrea Ex & Anna Maria Lohmänn? and Carolus Gallus & Theresia Heitzmann married 26 Feb 1781 son of Joseph Gallus & Magdalena Merckler (deceased) daughter of Georg Heitzmann & Ursula Zeist? from Diersburg Witnesses: Joseph Gallus, Valentinus Feist, and Andreas Saar of Diersburg. I know that Carolus is Latin for Carl. As you know, we "drop" the "o" to distinguish male and female. Is that the same in German? Thank you again, Wendelin! Carol -----Original Message----- From: Wendelin Irslinger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ortenau] spelling on names Hello Carol, > While working on some Niederschopfheim records, I've run into the "Egs" > surname, which I believe to be the earlier version of Eggs. But when > looking for a baptismal record back in the early 1700's for a Joseph "Egs", > I could only find a Joseph "Ex" at the appropriate time period. > Phonetically, both surnames sound close to the same. Has anyone seen these > two names meaning the same? I did not see the name "Ex" in later years. Yes, it's the same. Possible spellings of the surname Eggs are: Egs, Eks, Öks, Ögs, Ex, Öx I have Eggs ancestors from Niederschopfheim. > Also, there's the confusing German letter that I've seen used as an "h" or > an "f" or an "s". So who knows the right spelling of this name? > 1. Lohmänn > 2. Lofmänn > 3. Losmänn Perhaps you mean Lehmännin, the female version of Lehmann? Please tell me the date of the entry, maybe I have copies of this date. > Also in this same town was a marriage of a Theresia Heitzmann who's parents > were listed as Georg Heitzmann & Ursula Zeist? from Diersburg. Has anyone > studied records in that town to know if Zeist was a surname as one of the > witnesses was Valentinus Feist. If I would have questioned any letter in > Zeist, again it would have been that interchangeable f/s/h German letter, as > the "Z" looked right. When you tell me the dates of these entries of Niederschopfheim I am maybe able to check it. - Wendelin ==== DEU-BAD-ORTENAU Mailing List ==== A list of Historic and Current towns of the Ortenau can be found at < http://ortenau.speedyspace.de/ >. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx