Merklin, Merkelsgrün might have been administrated by Lichtenstadt which had a large Jewish community. Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam" <pam@ewebexpress.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:44 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... > Oh my ... we have >2< Pams here looking for relatives in > Bohemia/Germany/Austria/CZ :-).... I'll try to make sure my emails always > have my sig line in them to avoid confusion - > > my SCHALLOM's are supposedly from Bohemia .... thought maybe it was a > Jewish > name, but cannot connect that - I know that shalom means peace and this > name > is so close to that - but haven't been able to connect any ancestors yet > in > that area of his birth (Merklin) with that name. But having fun looking! > > Pam in MO > > ~Pam Frierdich-Staley~ > Warrenton, MO > http://www.michael-steppig-family-tree.com > http://www.frierdich-staley-familytree.com > Looking for surnames of MICHALEK (MICHAEL/EAL), DILLON, > CINNAUGHT/CANNAUGHT, > SCHALLOM, STEPPIG, MEES/MAES, REIS, FRIERDICH/FRIEDRICH, KRAFT, BANGERT, > DIESEL, HATTER/HOERTER, KIEFER, RAPP, MENTEL, SCHELLHORN, STALEY, WEBER, > THOELE, MITCHELL, PROBST, GOLD > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PJ V" <netkitty@hotmail.com> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:50 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... > > > On the ship's log it says "Bohemia" only. I am wondering if I can find > where they were buried in Michigan if they would have an exact town name > mentioned in the records. Either that or would the marriage record for > their daughters in Michigan mention what town they came from? > > Thanks, Pam > > >>From: "Aida Kraus" <akibb1@verizon.net> >>Reply-To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com >>To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... >>Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:23:52 -0700 >> >>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 >> > >> >> >>>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 search the archives, go to: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GERMAN-BOHEMIAN >