Calvin Zippin wrote: > > At 8:45 AM -0700 9/16/99, Jane Koch wrote: > >MENMEL--------My family Bible lists my gggrandfather ( AUGUST KURBYWEIT ) as > >born in MENMEL, Germany abt. 1850. I can't find MENMEL any where. Can the > >name have been changed? Thank you Jane in Rhode Island > > Jane: > Look on <http://maps.excite.com/> > That's the only place I could find Menmel. Otherwise, look South of > Hannover, West of Leipzg, NorthEast of Frankfurt-am-Main --between Erfurt > and Kassel. > Have fun, Patricia Schubert Zippin > Surnames ending of "...weit" are typical for East Prussia. Therefore I would believe that MEMEL is meant. Dieter