In a message dated 11/10/2005 4:12:38 PM Mountain Standard Time, herasnick@comcast.net writes: He stayed in American after the war, married, had children, Anglicized his name to Rasnick, etc. I was hoping that, if I could find someone in Germany with that same surname, they might be able to help with the genealogy. Schneck means snail or slug in German per my 1872 dictionary. Ruhr is a river in northern Germany. Trying to figure out where that surname came from is a fun exercise because so many originated with a person's occupation or trade. Maybe way back when last names were first applied his ancestors manned slow rafts on the Rhur? It is possible that descendants (if the line did not die out) changed the name to "Ruhr" or "Ruhrer" That is a fairly common name in the German phone book...more than 800. But if you limit the search to the place names the soldiers came from it may sort out some places. http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/# The English option on the tabs near the top right center of the page may not be working at the moment but should be back up shortly. Ansbach and Bayreuth were mostly Catholic. If you know what religion he was that may help pick the right locations to look. There were no hits for the name Ruhr in Waldeck. Karen

I did the telephone book search. Thanks for the great information and guidance. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenHob@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Surname Rührschneck > In a message dated 11/10/2005 4:12:38 PM Mountain Standard Time, > herasnick@comcast.net writes: > He stayed in American after the war, married, had children, Anglicized his > name to Rasnick, etc. I was hoping that, if I could find someone in > Germany with > that same surname, they might be able to help with the genealogy. > Schneck means snail or slug in German per my 1872 dictionary. > Ruhr is a river in northern Germany. > > Trying to figure out where that surname came from is a fun exercise > because > so many originated with a person's occupation or trade. Maybe way back > when > last names were first applied his ancestors manned slow rafts on the Rhur? > > It is possible that descendants (if the line did not die out) changed the > name to "Ruhr" or "Ruhrer" That is a fairly common name in the German > phone > book...more than 800. But if you limit the search to the place names the > soldiers came from it may sort out some places. > > http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/# > > The English option on the tabs near the top right center of the page may > not > be working at the moment but should be back up shortly. > > Ansbach and Bayreuth were mostly Catholic. If you know what religion he > was > that may help pick the right locations to look. > > There were no hits for the name Ruhr in Waldeck. > > Karen > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html >