Paula, Thank you for forwarding this message. Pam and I have an ancestor named Friedrich. We will need to research the to see if there is a connection. Mary -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Paula Goblirsch" <paulagoblirsch@gmail.com> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Eberhard C. Friedrich > Date: May 16, 2006 11:38 PMSubject: Friedrich - ancient > glassmaking dynasty from Northern BohemiaTo: paulagoblirsch@gmail.com > > > Dear Mrs. Goblirsch, > I found your email adress on the website of the German BohemianHeritage Society. > My family derives from an ancient German Northern Bohemiam family. > Now, after more than 40 years of research, my father Walter Friedrichhas > published a book which might be interresting for some of yoursociety members. > Kind regards from Frankfurt, GermanyEberhard C. Friedrich > ________________________________ > > Friedrich - ancient glassmaking dynasty from Northern > Bohemiahttp://www.glasmacher-friedrich.de/According to the latest archaeological > findings, the Friedrich fromNorthern Bohemia could be the most ancient > glassmaking dynasty in theworld. Ten years after the discovery of America they > founded aglassworks in Oberkreibitz (today: Chøibská) - close to their > originalglassworks in Friedrichsdorf that operated around the year 1250 -which > was to become one of the most important sites of the Renaissanceglass industry. > From there the Friedrich spread throughout Europe andsome went to Northern > America. Now the historian Walter A. Friedrich,a descendant of the medieval > glass-masters, has written acomprehensive chronicle of the Friedrich family and > of the earlyhistory of glass making in Northern Bohemia. (Website and book are > inGerman) > Some information in English on the glassmaker dynasty Friedrich(including an > ancient painting of the family of Martin Friedrich jr.,glass-master of the > German Emperor Rudolf II, from 1596) can be foundon this Czech site: > http://www.luzicke-hory.cz/glass.html#renais > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >

Yep, just wanted to chime in here too - just read your post Paula and am trying to go thru the various links on that site! Not only do Mary and I have an ancestor named Friedrich.... which connects my maternal line, my own surname is FRIE R DICH ... and am slowly finding out that those two letters were sometimes switched - which a year ago I would have sworn that that was not possible :-)...so...now I'm researching both spelling ... on BOTH sides of my lines! My surname Frierdich seemed to have settled mostly in the beautiful countryside (much like where they came from!) in Columbia or Waterloo Illinois USA - the towns that I have listed for my Johann Frierdich (1753) m. to Barbara Schellhorn was a Diedesheim Bavaria though.... ... so I'm still searching for any spellings such as that in that area. Hopefully I will be able to connect the two since the maternal side of my Friedrich that is married into my Michalek line also settled in the same area in US. So many twists and turns!! ~Pam Frierdich-Staley~ Warrenton, MO http://www.michael-steppig-family-tree.com http://www.frierdich-staley-familytree.com Looking for surnames of BANGERT, CINNAUGHT/CANNAUGHT, DIESEL, DILLON, FIELDS, FRIERDICH/FRIEDRICH, GOLD, HATTER/HOERTER, KIEFER, KRAFT, MEES/MAES, MENTEL, MICHALEK (MICHAEL/EAL), MITCHELL, PROBST, RAPP, REIS, SCHALLOM, SCHELLHORN, STALEY, STEPPIG, THOELE, WEBER , ----- Original Message ----- From: <mpettyjohn@comcast.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Fwd: Friedrich - ancient glassmaking dynasty from Northern Bohemia Paula, Thank you for forwarding this message. Pam and I have an ancestor named Friedrich. We will need to research the to see if there is a connection. Mary -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Paula Goblirsch" <paulagoblirsch@gmail.com> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Eberhard C. Friedrich > Date: May 16, 2006 11:38 PMSubject: Friedrich - ancient > glassmaking dynasty from Northern BohemiaTo: paulagoblirsch@gmail.com > > > Dear Mrs. Goblirsch, > I found your email adress on the website of the German BohemianHeritage > Society. > My family derives from an ancient German Northern Bohemiam family. > Now, after more than 40 years of research, my father Walter Friedrichhas > published a book which might be interresting for some of yoursociety > members. > Kind regards from Frankfurt, GermanyEberhard C. Friedrich > ________________________________ > > Friedrich - ancient glassmaking dynasty from Northern > Bohemiahttp://www.glasmacher-friedrich.de/According to the latest > archaeological > findings, the Friedrich fromNorthern Bohemia could be the most ancient > glassmaking dynasty in theworld. Ten years after the discovery of America > they > founded aglassworks in Oberkreibitz (today: Chøibská) - close to their > originalglassworks in Friedrichsdorf that operated around the year > 1250 -which > was to become one of the most important sites of the Renaissanceglass > industry. > From there the Friedrich spread throughout Europe andsome went to Northern > America. Now the historian Walter A. Friedrich,a descendant of the > medieval > glass-masters, has written acomprehensive chronicle of the Friedrich > family and > of the earlyhistory of glass making in Northern Bohemia. (Website and book > are > inGerman) > Some information in English on the glassmaker dynasty Friedrich(including > an > ancient painting of the family of Martin Friedrich jr.,glass-master of the > German Emperor Rudolf II, from 1596) can be foundon this Czech site: > http://www.luzicke-hory.cz/glass.html#renais > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? To search the archives, go to: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GERMAN-BOHEMIAN