I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for guidance...please. ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriet E. Rasnick To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM Subject: Surname Rührschneck My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks.

I cannot find anything on Rasnick or Rührschneck in my Name Lexicon. Try Hungary (there is would be pronounced Rashnig, but written with just an s which is SH) you may also try to get a Name lexicon from the Library or as Interlibrary loan for Polish names, or Austrian Names (Galicia perhaps?) I even tried Reschnig - but nothing... Have you tried to put the various spellings into a Google URL, sometimes you will get Family trees of various names that way. Sorry, Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harriet E. Rasnick" <herasnick@comcast.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:35 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Fw: Surname Rührschneck >I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for >guidance...please. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harriet E. Rasnick > To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM > Subject: Surname Rührschneck > > > My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight > in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not > actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, > if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this > surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >

The German phone directory http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ lists 34 entries (businesses and residences) containing that name, concentrated in the northern half of Bavaria (Nuremberg etc.). Either the name originated in that area or someone moved there from elsewhere and had descendants. The phone directory lets you plot the results on a map! Urs Geiser (ugeiser@xnet.com) Woodridge (DuPage Co.), IL, USA On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Harriet E. Rasnick wrote: > > My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to > fight in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he > was not actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian > surname and, if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals > with this surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. >