Thanks Aida! I did once have someone tell me that it was from the word for smuggler and meant "Little or Petty Smuggler", so that fits. I recently made contact with a wonderful gentleman named Schieberl now in Bavaria who came from Mirschikau. This is where I believe my family came from. We do not know for sure but believe we are related. I think all the Schieberls in the US are probably related; my great great grandfather immigrated with his 2 brothers and parents. I believe the others who immigrated for example, to Missouri were probably cousins. . Angie Wright Meyer

I am very happy that you made contact with the Schieberl Family from Mirschikau now living in Bavaria. This contact will be productive for your entire extended family here in the USA. When you have a good lead, I suggest that you get together with your US family to share genealogical expenses. If you need someone to work for you, we have reliable sources who have helped many people on this list. See also: http://mesta.obce.cz/mirkov/d_turistika.htm where you can see photos of the church built at Mirschikau in the 14th century, First mention of this settlement is made 1159, and it about 7 miles from Bischofteinitz (Horovsky tyn). And here is a link to the history of Mirschikau. You can run this link through the google translator. It will be verbatim, therfore a little awkward, but most of it is understandable. http://www.bischofteinitz.de/orte/mirschikau.htm And go to this website to see many surnames listed of that area, and where the Eberl name is prolific. http://www.bischofteinitz.de/familienforschung.htm Aida ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Aida! I did once have someone tell me that it was from the word > for smuggler and meant "Little or Petty Smuggler", so that fits. I > recently made contact with a wonderful gentleman named Schieberl now in > Bavaria who came from Mirschikau. This is where I believe my family > came from. We do not know for sure but believe we are related. I think > all the Schieberls in the US are probably related; my great great > grandfather immigrated with his 2 brothers and parents. I believe the > others who immigrated for example, to Missouri were probably cousins. > . > > Angie Wright Meyer > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >