Hi all, I have recently returned from out of town and going through past exchanges on this list, I was especially interested in the information about the Hunter. Family lore has it that my great grandfather, Lorenz Benz who immigrated from Germany with his family in 1880 or 1881 killed a rabbit to feed his family. I am told his punishment was that he was put in a cage-like structure on the street so that everyone going by to church or wherever could look at him and know he was being punished. Does anyone know if this was the usual punishment for this and if so how long he would have had to stay in the cage. I found everyones remarks about hunting really interesting and it really pulled together a lot of loose ends for me. I am new to the list and learning a lot. Elaine Thien elainethien@hotmail.com Lincoln, Nebraska _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Do not append your message to some other subject line. I, and I am sure others, no longer bother reading this subject line it has long ago worn out its interest and I just by accident clicked on this one which is totally unconnected. The format to be used for this type of inquiry is SURNAME, place name, time. Ex: GUENTHER, Friederike Franziska, Allenstein, Ostpreussen 1780 Also you should subscribe to the Ostpreussen List. The German Life list is not really for genealogy but to help understand German Customs though lately it has wandered off the original topic somewhat. Celia > Hi,my Greatgrandmother's Name was Friederike Franziska ,nee Guenther from > Allenstein/Ostpreussen.I am looking for Bachert ,Guenther and Bartsch in > Allenstein/Ostpreussen,years 1780-present. > Erika Eder > eder4136@home.com > > > From: <KATH1PAF1R@aol.com> > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German walking habits > > > > > 1.39 to1,60 in Meeker okle. > > > > Raynona Gunther Bohrer > > Searching for Gunther/ Ginter/ Ginther/ Guenther > > Bissing, Koerner, Knoll, Sabelfield, Funk > > and Katharinenstadt Russia > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

Ralf: Now that's funny !! And thanks; I'd forgotten it's a "loonie" -- and they ARE my favorite bird. Dave

Not too shabby, Ralf, and TRUE !! :-)) Dave

Actually, Dave it is the Loonie, and the Two dollar Coin in the twoonie. The Twoonie has the Queen on the one side and an engraving of a polar bear on the other. Back when the Twoonie was first introduced, we all made sport of what we would call it. The One dollar was the Loonie, so what should the 2 dollar piece be called. Amongst all the other proposals I thought we should call it the Moonie because it had a picture of the Queen on one side with a bare (bear) behind. Ralf At 08:14 AM 6/19/01 -0400, you wrote: >C$ also = "the loon" !! 'Cause it has a loon on it, and they're my favorite >bird !! :-)) > >Dave > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Check the German Food list out at: >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

David- In my rather simplistic point of view, there is another way of looking at your favourable (?) American Dollar exchange rate. The American dollar has over the past year, soared higher against all other currencies. That is great for American tourists visiting other countries. You people are flooding Canada, and Germany, and most other countries and spending your dollars. However, look at it this way. As far as international import export is concerned - the USA is pricing itself out of business. Your goods are too expensive at the current exchange rates. Other countries will turn to others to fill their import needs. and your exports will continue to drop. On the other hand- the US will use their over priced dollar, buy cheap goods overseas, and boost the economies of these nations, while vastly increasing their own trade deficit. American tourists will drink gallons (halb liters) of great German beer, making the German breweries rich, and to the Germans, a liter of beer will remain the same price. You will buy our natural gas and oil at highly inflated prices set by a cartel in the Mid East, and we will wallow in your dollars so that you can keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Hows that for the "new economy" Ralf At 07:41 AM 6/19/01 -0400, you wrote: >And how much better the exchange now than just a few weeks ago !! Of course, >it's in OUR favor, which doesn't make it "better" for those from ovedr there >who come over here !! > >DAve Ross > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Complaints: >Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

C$ also = "the loon" !! 'Cause it has a loon on it, and they're my favorite bird !! :-)) Dave

Gail: It's 303-936-3148 :-)))) Dave Ross

And how much better the exchange now than just a few weeks ago !! Of course, it's in OUR favor, which doesn't make it "better" for those from ovedr there who come over here !! DAve Ross

gas price today is 1.39 for unleaded in ne INDIANA

Would be great Ralf, please do. _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: <lumby@air.on.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:19 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices > I was not questioning your knowledge of using a calculator. > > I was supplying you with the translation of litres into the American Gallon > and as well the Canadian Gallon. > > If you wish, I will also give you how many DM equal an American dollar, > how many DM = a Canadian Dollar ( @ .69 C$ = DM 1) and how many C $ = US $1 > and how many DM = 1US $. > > Let me know. > > Ralf > > Ralf > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

If my calculator works correctly (and i think it does, Ralf) and assuming the U.S. prices were given per American Gallon, the prices for U.S.A., Canada and Germany would compare as follows (all prices in U.S.$ per American Gallon) U.S.A. 1.70 Canada 2.01 Germany 3.65 Hope this is correct. Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Klaus Dieter Cook" <kcook@signalgraphics-hou.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German walking habits > Figuring on an exchange rate of 2.23 it comes to right at $1 per liter. > > Klaus Dieter Cook > Houston, Texas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lumby@air.on.ca> > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 2:41 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German walking habits > > > > It is to weep, how much you pay in the States. > > > > Here in Canada, in Thunder Bay, it is C$ .81 per litre > > > > In Germany when we were there a month ago, it was DM 2.18 per litre. > > > > What is that in US $. > > > > Ralf Aldrich > > > > > > At 11:16 AM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >$1.67-$1.78 (regular unleaded) here in Denver area !! > > > > > >Dave Ross > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > > >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > >============================== > > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > Complaints: > > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Check the German Food list out at: > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

I live in Chicago where gas prices have been astronomical, though they are going down a little. Our usual station here in the city had gas for $1.77 yesterday. However we were going out to one of our son's place in the western suburbs and decided to wait until we got there to fill up. We must have been traveling on fumes because we really filled up at $1.69. Some of the big name brands are still going for upwards of $2, and this is for regular. Lois

But before you compare: didn't our American friends give the price per gallon? _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany zulauf@bigfoot.de _______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Klaus Dieter Cook" <kcook@signalgraphics-hou.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German walking habits > Figuring on an exchange rate of 2.23 it comes to right at $1 per liter. > > Klaus Dieter Cook > Houston, Texas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lumby@air.on.ca> > To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 2:41 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German walking habits > > > > It is to weep, how much you pay in the States. > > > > Here in Canada, in Thunder Bay, it is C$ .81 per litre > > > > In Germany when we were there a month ago, it was DM 2.18 per litre. > > > > What is that in US $. > > > > Ralf Aldrich > > > > > > At 11:16 AM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >$1.67-$1.78 (regular unleaded) here in Denver area !! > > > > > >Dave Ross > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > > >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > >============================== > > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > Complaints: > > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Check the German Food list out at: > GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: > GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Claire: The C$ is a short form for the Canadian Dollar. The Dollar is the monitory unit of Canada, just like the monitory unit of the USA is the American Dollar. There is no such thing as the Euro Dollar. It is an American invention, to give the American public some idea of what the Euro is. The Euro is the monetary Unit of the European Union. The use of the term Euro dollar would be similar to saying that the Deutsche Mark is the German Dollar, or the Franc is the French Dollar, the Pound is the English Dollar, or the American dollar is the American Dollar. A purely American invention, regardless of what other people may say. Ralf At 08:57 PM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote: >Hi could someone please explain what the C$ is -- is that the Euro $ or is >Euro $ something else again. BTW I was just in Switzerland and the xchange >rate was US 1$ - CHF 1.78 (Swiss Francs) Now I'm sorry that I didn't spend >some time in Germany as well. > >Thanks >Claire > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <lumby@air.on.ca> >To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:02 PM >Subject: Fwd: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices > > >>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:58:31 -0400 >>To: "Heinz L. Zulauf" <zulauf@bigfoot.de> >>From: lumby@air.on.ca >>Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices >> >>Well, lets see, Heinz >> >>According to the Toronto Globe and Mail the following are Saturday, >exchange rates: >> >>1 US $ = C$ 1.52 >>1 C $ = US $ .66 >> >>1 DM = C$ .67 >>1 C$ = DM 1.48 >> >>1US $ = DM 2.26 >>1 DM = US$ .4414 >> >>The exchange rate of the US vs C $ is why I spend my holidays in Germansy >rather than the US. While the C$ sank drastically compared to the US $, it >stayed the same as it has for the last 5 years against the Deutsche Mark. >> >>The other reason became evident this year, when my wife Sonja had an >accident on the same day we arrived in Stuttgard, and had to spend two days >in the Böblingen Krieskrankenhaus for tests. The entire stay, plus a >battery of tests,(she was considered "Privat") came to less that C$ 1400.00. >>I shudder to think what it would have cost in the US. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 11:37 PM 6/18/01 +0200, you wrote: >>>Would be great Ralf, please do. >>>_________________________ >>>Heinz L. Zulauf >>>Flotowstrasse 9 >>>D-64287 Darmstadt >>>Germany >>>zulauf@bigfoot.de >>>_______________________ >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: <lumby@air.on.ca> > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Check the German Food list out at: >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the >message and send. > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== >GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: >GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

I noticed this name on the German-Life list and remembered a man my father worked (?) with in new York named Charlie Eggers. Is this a popular name? I may have a photo of him if you are interested I will look for you. Karen

Hi,my Greatgrandmother's Name was Friederike Franziska ,nee Guenther from Allenstein/Ostpreussen.I am looking for Bachert ,Guenther and Bartsch in Allenstein/Ostpreussen,years 1780-present. Erika Eder eder4136@home.com From: <KATH1PAF1R@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] German walking habits > 1.39 to1,60 in Meeker okle. > > Raynona Gunther Bohrer > Searching for Gunther/ Ginter/ Ginther/ Guenther > Bissing, Koerner, Knoll, Sabelfield, Funk > and Katharinenstadt Russia > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mail list send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-L-request@rootsweb.com and in the message add the word UNSUBSCRIBE and send. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Hi could someone please explain what the C$ is -- is that the Euro $ or is Euro $ something else again. BTW I was just in Switzerland and the xchange rate was US 1$ - CHF 1.78 (Swiss Francs) Now I'm sorry that I didn't spend some time in Germany as well. Thanks Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: <lumby@air.on.ca> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:02 PM Subject: Fwd: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices >Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:58:31 -0400 >To: "Heinz L. Zulauf" <zulauf@bigfoot.de> >From: lumby@air.on.ca >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Gas Prices > >Well, lets see, Heinz > >According to the Toronto Globe and Mail the following are Saturday, exchange rates: > >1 US $ = C$ 1.52 >1 C $ = US $ .66 > >1 DM = C$ .67 >1 C$ = DM 1.48 > >1US $ = DM 2.26 >1 DM = US$ .4414 > >The exchange rate of the US vs C $ is why I spend my holidays in Germansy rather than the US. While the C$ sank drastically compared to the US $, it stayed the same as it has for the last 5 years against the Deutsche Mark. > >The other reason became evident this year, when my wife Sonja had an accident on the same day we arrived in Stuttgard, and had to spend two days in the Böblingen Krieskrankenhaus for tests. The entire stay, plus a battery of tests,(she was considered "Privat") came to less that C$ 1400.00. >I shudder to think what it would have cost in the US. > > > > > > > >At 11:37 PM 6/18/01 +0200, you wrote: >>Would be great Ralf, please do. >>_________________________ >>Heinz L. Zulauf >>Flotowstrasse 9 >>D-64287 Darmstadt >>Germany >>zulauf@bigfoot.de >>_______________________ >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <lumby@air.on.ca> ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== Check the German Food list out at: GERMAN-FOOD-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe send a message to: GERMAN-FOOD-L-request@rootsweb.com and add the word SUBSCRIBE in the message and send. ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

I'd love to see a photo of Charles Eggers. "Karen H. West" wrote: > I noticed this name on the German-Life list and remembered a man my > father worked (?) with in new York named Charlie Eggers. Is this a > popular name? I may have a photo of him if you are interested I will > look for you. > > Karen > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

In a message dated 06/18/2001 2:41:53 PM Mountain Daylight Time, Newtross@aol.com writes: > > Ruth: Obviously, I'm not privy to your eating habits. If you go to Café > Berlin, consider going on the early side; it fills up rapidly as the > after-work/after-workout crowd begins to dirift in. Of course, with > reservations, you should have no problem. And the Beer !! > > Dave > Dave, That sounds good to me. My husband prefers eating early rather than late anyway. Now I'll have to see how soon I can talk him into going and get reservations! Ruth