DollysDesk@aol.com wrote: > Breutschov? Britschov? It apparently had my aunts and cousins wondering too. > They have both spellings in their genealogy of the families of Runge, > Kroeger, Gustaevel, Naehring and Gravesmuehl. I have a copy of the microfilm > and tend to agree with their confusion. Wolschendorf was easier to read. I > have to agree with you the last letter looks more like a w. Perhaps you should scan the microfilm copies and send it to me. I am rather practised meanwhile in reading old German scripts. > (I can't keep > the umlauts in my letters from disappearing when I transmit them.) The town > looks like Brutschow with an umlaut u. > Kroeger and Roecker are Kroger and Rocker, each with umlaut o and the same > thing was true of the a in Gustavel and Nahring. You should learn quickly how to type the "Umlauts" with your keyboard. These little dots about some letters are of big significance. It _is_ possible by using any ALT+... -funktions, ask experienced American list members. I found an older Mail from Jane Donaho. She wrote: # ... I just hold down the "ALT" key and type the ascii code. # 129 or 148. # Hey, it works here, too! > If you look at the map of Mecklenburg, my cousin tells me, that Wolschendorf > is north of the M in Mecklenburg, ... Not at my map of Mecklenburg. It seems there are more than one map of Mecklenburg. > ... and I also noticed a town north of there > called Gravesmuhlen. (I think that is the spelling.) Grevesmühlen > I can't locate the > towns but her brother visited the church in Rehna several years ago and > apparently was able to find out more than I know about. Dolly, it's really absolutely nessessary for you to get some good maps. For Mecklenburg you can use modern maps, one of the best is the frequently mentioned "ADAC Maxi Atlas Deutschland". > Now I want to ask you if I have your information correct? You are looking > for Taube and what other surnames? Your family is from Thuringen? (Is that > the right spelling?) The correct spelling is Thüringen (English: Thuringia). It's very friendly that you will help me, but at the moment you cannot do anything (and it's not necessary). Perhaps I later will need some help, if I should detect any emigrants under my ancestors. > That is in what was called Saxony? No. But it is not far away from Saxony. > Henry the Lion of Saxony actually conquered Mecklenburg more by colonization > and evangelism and it became a Duchy. If my memory is right he was the first > Duke of Mecklenburg and established it as a Lutheran province. Yes, but Henry the Lion's men were another kind of Saxons. * Dieter