Judy, I think you are on the wrong list for this question here. This has nothing to do with German Bohemia as these names are not common for that area. You have to go to the rootsweb lists covering Germany. But since I happen to have a link to German names in Germany, I found Beheng (exactly how it is spelled) most prominent in the Bitburg-Pruem and Trier-Saarburg areas. There are also families of that name in Bielefeld, Duesseldorf, Koeln, Bonn, Euskirchen and Daun. I would start with Bitburg Pruem and Trier Saarburg, searching if there are "Ortsfamilienbuecher" (Family books) available, and if you could obtain title and author. Von Pitz was not successful, but Puetz without the Von were seen as most frequent in the Rhein Sieg Kreis, Berlin, Karlsruhe, Rastatt, Baden-Baden and Esslingen. I hope that this will help you in obtaining some literature from that area, but you would be much better served becoming a member of the German list. You can pose your question in English there, asking if anybody would be in possession of an "Ortsfamilienbuch" of the above named towns and if they could look up the names for you, and that you would appreciatei t if they could give you the source. Aida -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Judy Olson <jolson@rea-alp.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm helping a friend locate info on the passenger lists for her > ggrandfather Peter Nicholas Beheng, who immigrated from Prussia to Belle > Plain, Scott Co., Minnesota in about 1867. His wife-to-be Anna Von Pitz b. > about 1842 was also on the ship. I'm told the captain wouldn't let them > leave the ship until he married them, supposed to protect women on the > voyage. > > However, I'm having trouble finding that Beheng name as it is spelled so > very many ways. So is Von Pitz, for that matter. Does anyone know how the > original spelling might be? Thanks. Judy > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >