Thank you Karen and Aida for your responses. I have a question that definitely shows my lack of knowledge. When looking at entries in Family Search, should I look at Austria and Germany and more or less ignore the others such as Romania? Karen-I am looking for someone who immigrated to Sweden around 1800... Thanks! linda

There are several choices on that list and I would take the widest scope possible, like Central Europe. Do not select Austria, Germany, Poland, Romania, etc. because the borders shifted after the Austrian Hungarian Empire was carved up among 9 countries in 1918 - at the Treaty of Versailles - and not many people have a very good political geographical reference of Europe. Enter only the surname and a general area, like Central Europe. That will give you the most hits. Aida ----------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scrig@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:13 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Lack of Knowledge Question... > Thank you Karen and Aida for your responses. I have a question that > definitely shows my lack of knowledge. When looking at entries in Family > Search, > should I look at Austria and Germany and more or less ignore the others > such as > Romania? > > Karen-I am looking for someone who immigrated to Sweden around 1800... > > Thanks! > linda > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html >