To Cynthia: Wordelmann = or any derivative has no listing in the name lexicon. That does not mean it did not exist spelled that way, but it may not be German, but Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Norse or Swedish. I suggest that you look in those areas because Prussia was close to all these \Nordic countries. Check out some of their surname search engines. From the name alone you cannot trace your ancestry, you have to establish a lead document. THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT! Aida ------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cynthia" <CJohnson@mpr.org> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:12 AM Subject: RE: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... > Aida, > I am fascinated by your discussion of the name Wohlmann. My > paternal grandmother's name was Wordelmann. I am having trouble tracing > the family beyond "West Prussia" -- and wonder if it too is a derivation > or variation of Waldmann. Thank you for any insight you might be able > to share. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aida Kraus [mailto:akibb1@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:24 PM > To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... > > For Pam: > Wohlmann is a German name and could be from anywhere in Germany. My > name > Lexicon refers to Wohlmann as: > Wohltmann, a name from Northern Germany, a derivation of Waldmann = man > of > the Forest. And there is a Woldmann and Woltmann originating in the > area > of Hamburg. There is no mention of any other place, but you may go to > the > website and key in Woltmann, and check for a site where the frequency of > > last names are given in relation to a map of the country. I don't have > this > at my fingertips right now, because I am just programming my new > computer > and all the old files are not yet transferred. But just hit the URLS on > > Google and Yahoo websites, even German Yahoo websites with questions > like: > "surnames and areas" etc. eventually you should get to that map. Type > in > the last name and then it should show spots where these names occur to > this > day, you can also go to the Hamburg telephone book white pages and look > at > Woltmann. Go to the ships manifest at Bremen and search 1878 > departures > of that name, perhaps they wrote down the area where they came from. > Aida > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PJ V" <netkitty@hotmail.com> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... > > >> Aida: >> >> I wonder if you could tell me what area my Bohemian surname of Wohlman > >> would likely be from? They immigrated in 1878 from the port of > Bremen. >> Their origin was said to be Bohemia in the beginning but later they > stated >> either Germany or Austria around 1900. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Pam >> >> >> >> ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >> Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the >> list? To browse the archives, go to: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/ >> > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html >