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 >>