Thanks again, Wendelin!! Your kind posting of the pictures of costumes brought back memories of our visit, especially to the Heimat Museum in Altenheim. We were particularly interested in the traditional dress which I understand was still common until the Second World War, especially for women. We were told that each village had a distinctive style of hair piece for women. It is supposedly possible to identify a woman's village from a photo if she is wearing a traditional style. Jim --- Wendelin Irslinger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > maybe you are interested in traditional costumes of > the 19th century. > > Yesterday was a meeting of some Ortenau groups > (Kreistrachtenfest) in Sand. > > You can view some photos at: > http://www.baden-online.de/news/bildarchiv/archiv.phtml?archiv_id=43 > > - Wendelin > > > ==== DEU-BAD-ORTENAU Mailing List ==== > If you are new to this Ortenau List, please check > the Archives to see if any messages have been posted > about your surname or your town. > < > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-BAD-ORTENAU.html > >. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com