I have been researching my parents surnames in Europe.....Could anyone help me out with these names? Thank you anyone for some help. Karen Kautz

Grossbach: is not listed, the meaning of this name (translated to English) means Large Creek and might come from some area. You may key in Grossbach, Germany, into your URL and see if you get any hits for such a place where they might have come from. Kautz: The literal translation of Kautz is owlet, a small owl. Used to describe the characteristic of a person there is a common German expression for an odd person which is "komischer Kautz" it is equivalent to the English meaning "crazy coot". The name is listed as Kautzsch in the Dresden, Saxony, area but no years or records are listed for this name. You should probably check out the Jewish name registers on this because they often converted Hebrew names to German equivalent in either in meaning or phonetics. Aida -------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Kautz" <kkautz@clear.lakes.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:01 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Grossbach and Kautz families >I have been researching my parents surnames in Europe.....Could anyone help >me out with these names? Thank you anyone for some help. Karen Kautz > > > ==== 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 >

To Karen Kautz: There is a Grossbach-Mühle (a mill) in the Trier area (which is a very old area along the Rhine) and I suggest that you copy and paste this website address into the Google translator. It might be of interest to you. http://www.roscheiderhof.de/kulturdb/kultur/kultur7627.html Aida ------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Kautz" <kkautz@clear.lakes.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:01 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Grossbach and Kautz families >I have been researching my parents surnames in Europe.....Could anyone help >me out with these names? Thank you anyone for some help. Karen Kautz > > > ==== 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 >

Here are pictures of the Grossbach-Mill at Enkirch. The town Enkirch (not the mill) is recorded since 733AD, so this is a very old settlement since Charlemagne......and this link might also be of interest to you. http://www.grossbachmuehle.de/ Aida ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Kautz" <kkautz@clear.lakes.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:01 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Grossbach and Kautz families >I have been researching my parents surnames in Europe.....Could anyone help >me out with these names? Thank you anyone for some help. Karen Kautz > > > ==== 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 >