Thanks Karen. I went to FamilySearch.org and typed in the name "Wohlman" and got results showing many various spellings.......none were spelled as "Wohlman" though. None of them match the ancestors I know of. In Michigan there was Wallmann, and Wollmann all from Oberuldingen or Linden. There was one Antonia Wallmann born in 1841. My great grandmother Antonia Wohlman was born in 1864. I would like to see the family trees of the Wallmann's in Michigan to see if there is a relation but they don't show that. They just show the person's name and date of birth with very little else. I did find Grundbuchblatter Diverse, but I don't know how to use this source. I don't speak or understand German. There doesn't seem to be a way to search names from that source. I will try writing to Alfred. Thanks, Pam From: KarenHob@aol.com Reply-To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Wohlman Family Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:16:51 EST >In a message dated 4/1/2006 12:25:17 PM Mountain Standard Time, >netkitty@hotmail.com writes: >I am searching for information on the Wohlman family from Bohemia. My >Great Grand Mother was Antonia Wohlman (b.1864 - d. 1941) who immigrated >abt >1878 with her parents Henry Wohlman (b. >1833) and Barbara (b. 1837)to Sherman, Michigan (Harbor Beach). We >know that her little sister Emma was 5 at the time when they immigrated. >Census records say that Henry and >Barbara had a total of 5 children but we have never heard mention of >others. Antonia married Henry Klug. Emma married William Pipper. >Did you find the same number of children on all subsequent census? >Maybe some of the children died. > > > > > >I have a porcelain figurine that she brought with her from the old country >and I wonder if I could post a picture of it here? I wonder if it would >look familiar to anyone as far as location of origin >Mailing lists do not accept attachments. > >A lot of Bohemian porcelain came from the Bohemian forest area >along the border with Bavaria. > >A lot of people from that same area went to Michigan. > > > >Unfortunately I don't know what city my Wohlman ancestors came >from. They spoke German. In census records they at one time said the >came from Bohemia, then another time Austria. I have never heard >their >city of origin. >Look for the name Wohlman or Wohlmann in the film at the LDS >titled: Grundbuchblatter Diverse > >If Henry is in there, typically he would be in the records of men who >served beginning in 1853. He may even have been involved in >the war in Italy in 1859. > >You may find an earlier ancestor mentioned there. >If you find any Wohlmann /Wohlman copy the record and then see what the >place of birth for each is. > >Go to LDS website: FamilySearch.org >Type both spellings of Wohlman (one at a time) in the surname search box >on the home page and click search. > >Write to Alfred Piwonka and ask if the name Wohlman is found in >the villages of the Bohemian forest. >APiwonka@t-online.de > >Alfred is the coordinator for surnames in that area -- called a "Betreuer" >Introduce yourself, let him know if you can read German even if you >can't write it. Write in English but just ask simple one line >questions...no compound sentences. > > >>Is anyone else researching Wohlman? > >Do a surname search at the LDS library catalog search page to find out if >others have submitted research on the name. > >Karen > > >==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? >To browse the archives, go to: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/ >

Pam, my great great grandmother, Anna Wolman (as listed in the records of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Farwell, Howard Co., NE) who married Joseph Hurt before 1877, was from Bohemia. They had a daughter baptized 29 May 1879 who was born 24 November 1878. A second child, a son, was born 25 Aug 1882 and baptized 26 Aug 1882. In the 1880 census for Howard Co., NE there are no other Wolman families listed. Joseph and Ann are living with a man named Charles Walentz or Walenty I have never found Anna's immigration record. She was 18 in the 1880 census. Joseph's parents, Johan and Maria Hurt, arrived at the port of New York on 14 March 1876 aboard the ship SS Weser. Joseph is said to have arrived 3 years earlier but I have not found him. I have also never found Anna's immigration information. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: PJ V [mailto:netkitty@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 9:25 PM To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Wohlman Family Thanks Karen. I went to FamilySearch.org and typed in the name "Wohlman" and got results showing many various spellings.......none were spelled as "Wohlman" though. None of them match the ancestors I know of. In Michigan there was Wallmann, and Wollmann all from Oberuldingen or Linden. There was one Antonia Wallmann born in 1841. My great grandmother Antonia Wohlman was born in 1864. I would like to see the family trees of the Wallmann's in Michigan to see if there is a relation but they don't show that. They just show the person's name and date of birth with very little else. I did find Grundbuchblatter Diverse, but I don't know how to use this source. I don't speak or understand German. There doesn't seem to be a way to search names from that source. I will try writing to Alfred. Thanks, Pam From: KarenHob@aol.com Reply-To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Wohlman Family Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:16:51 EST >In a message dated 4/1/2006 12:25:17 PM Mountain Standard Time, >netkitty@hotmail.com writes: >I am searching for information on the Wohlman family from Bohemia. My >Great Grand Mother was Antonia Wohlman (b.1864 - d. 1941) who immigrated >abt >1878 with her parents Henry Wohlman (b. >1833) and Barbara (b. 1837)to Sherman, Michigan (Harbor Beach). We >know that her little sister Emma was 5 at the time when they immigrated. >Census records say that Henry and >Barbara had a total of 5 children but we have never heard mention of >others. Antonia married Henry Klug. Emma married William Pipper. >Did you find the same number of children on all subsequent census? >Maybe some of the children died. > > > > > >I have a porcelain figurine that she brought with her from the old country >and I wonder if I could post a picture of it here? I wonder if it would >look familiar to anyone as far as location of origin >Mailing lists do not accept attachments. > >A lot of Bohemian porcelain came from the Bohemian forest area >along the border with Bavaria. > >A lot of people from that same area went to Michigan. > > > >Unfortunately I don't know what city my Wohlman ancestors came >from. They spoke German. In census records they at one time said the >came from Bohemia, then another time Austria. I have never heard >their >city of origin. >Look for the name Wohlman or Wohlmann in the film at the LDS >titled: Grundbuchblatter Diverse > >If Henry is in there, typically he would be in the records of men who >served beginning in 1853. He may even have been involved in >the war in Italy in 1859. > >You may find an earlier ancestor mentioned there. >If you find any Wohlmann /Wohlman copy the record and then see what the >place of birth for each is. > >Go to LDS website: FamilySearch.org >Type both spellings of Wohlman (one at a time) in the surname search box >on the home page and click search. > >Write to Alfred Piwonka and ask if the name Wohlman is found in >the villages of the Bohemian forest. >APiwonka@t-online.de > >Alfred is the coordinator for surnames in that area -- called a "Betreuer" >Introduce yourself, let him know if you can read German even if you >can't write it. Write in English but just ask simple one line >questions...no compound sentences. > > >>Is anyone else researching Wohlman? > >Do a surname search at the LDS library catalog search page to find out if >others have submitted research on the name. > >Karen > > >==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? >To browse the archives, go to: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/ > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html

Hmm, having gone through some of those basic sources, I think there might be better ways to go about it. First, there WILL absolutely be misspellings in American records of a name like Wohlman. In fact, shouldn't it be Wohlmann in German? I would not rule out any names like Wallmann or anything like it. I could also see it be spelled Wölmann and lots of other ways. It would be better to look at first names of the family members when you have anything close. Now try going back to look at the more specific records for the county to which they immigrated. Go to rootsweb and find that county and see what is offered. Michigan has some major league databases for marriages, etc. If you can figure out which Catholic church in which the marriages of the children occurred, perhaps one of them will have the place where they were born listed. You need to look at ALL of the children's marriages and deaths, and all of the naturalization papers (hoping there are some boys). Having figured out the Catholic church, check out some of their friends, the people who were the godparents on baptisms, etc. They hang out with the home crowd usually. In fact, they frequently marry some of the home crowd. Look at local history for the church, and for the town. There may be some clues. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: PJ V<mailto:netkitty@hotmail.com> To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Wohlman Family Thanks Karen. I went to FamilySearch.org and typed in the name "Wohlman" and got results showing many various spellings.......none were spelled as "Wohlman" though. None of them match the ancestors I know of. In Michigan there was Wallmann, and Wollmann all from Oberuldingen or Linden. There was one Antonia Wallmann born in 1841. My great grandmother Antonia Wohlman was born in 1864. I would like to see the family trees of the Wallmann's in Michigan to see if there is a relation but they don't show that. They just show the person's name and date of birth with very little else. I did find Grundbuchblatter Diverse, but I don't know how to use this source. I don't speak or understand German. There doesn't seem to be a way to search names from that source. I will try writing to Alfred. Thanks, Pam From: KarenHob@aol.com<mailto:KarenHob@aol.com> Reply-To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Wohlman Family Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:16:51 EST >In a message dated 4/1/2006 12:25:17 PM Mountain Standard Time, >netkitty@hotmail.com writes: >I am searching for information on the Wohlman family from Bohemia. My >Great Grand Mother was Antonia Wohlman (b.1864 - d. 1941) who immigrated >abt >1878 with her parents Henry Wohlman (b. >1833) and Barbara (b. 1837)to Sherman, Michigan (Harbor Beach). We >know that her little sister Emma was 5 at the time when they immigrated. >Census records say that Henry and >Barbara had a total of 5 children but we have never heard mention of >others. Antonia married Henry Klug. Emma married William Pipper. >Did you find the same number of children on all subsequent census? >Maybe some of the children died. > > > > > >I have a porcelain figurine that she brought with her from the old country >and I wonder if I could post a picture of it here? I wonder if it would >look familiar to anyone as far as location of origin >Mailing lists do not accept attachments. > >A lot of Bohemian porcelain came from the Bohemian forest area >along the border with Bavaria. > >A lot of people from that same area went to Michigan. > > > >Unfortunately I don't know what city my Wohlman ancestors came >from. They spoke German. In census records they at one time said the >came from Bohemia, then another time Austria. I have never heard >their >city of origin. >Look for the name Wohlman or Wohlmann in the film at the LDS >titled: Grundbuchblatter Diverse > >If Henry is in there, typically he would be in the records of men who >served beginning in 1853. He may even have been involved in >the war in Italy in 1859. > >You may find an earlier ancestor mentioned there. >If you find any Wohlmann /Wohlman copy the record and then see what the >place of birth for each is. > >Go to LDS website: FamilySearch.org >Type both spellings of Wohlman (one at a time) in the surname search box >on the home page and click search. > >Write to Alfred Piwonka and ask if the name Wohlman is found in >the villages of the Bohemian forest. >APiwonka@t-online.de > >Alfred is the coordinator for surnames in that area -- called a "Betreuer" >Introduce yourself, let him know if you can read German even if you >can't write it. Write in English but just ask simple one line >questions...no compound sentences. > > >>Is anyone else researching Wohlman? > >Do a surname search at the LDS library catalog search page to find out if >others have submitted research on the name. > >Karen > > >==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? >To browse the archives, go to: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/ > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html>