What lead document do you have that you cannot read. If you scan it, I will be happy to check it out for you and translate the content. If we can find a location, meaning the village or district, it will then be possible for a researcher in the Czech Republic to go after the records. Just knowing the surname in its various spellings is not enough to find the location. The combination with the first names could be helpful in this. Ehle or Ehler is a very old name from the 6th century (Egil in Old Gothic means the tip of a sword) The Westgotic King Agila was named for it. Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scrig@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:58 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Ehrl (Erl, Earl, Eherl) Surname >I am once again banging my head against the seemingly undestroyable brick > wall-find Ehrl's with little information in what was Bohmen(Bohemia). I > am > wondering how common this surname is in the region, and how I would go > about > researching it-or finding someone whom I could hire to research it for me? > > All I know is this-my ggggrandfather was Simon Ehrl. He was born in > Bohmen > ( this is as specific as the information I can find gets) in 1779 to Adam > and > Barbro Ehrl. He went to Sweden in about 1803 as a glassblower. This > leads > me to believe that his father was probably a glassblower in Bohmen as > well. > I am at a loss as to how to proceed if it is even possible, given the > limited > information I have. I cannot read the language. > > Can anyone give me suggestions or ideas or the names of people who might > be > of assistance? > Thank you, > Linda Nelson > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >