Someone at my local FHC research center typed in an "e" after the umlauted letter. My BÜNGELER ( unlaut over "u" ) became BUENGELER. She was able to come up with all kinds of information on the FHC website about some of my relatives doing that. Carol in St. Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Meng" <kmeng@charter.net> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 1:45 AM Subject: [Germans-STL] Doing a search using umlaut > > I have had no luck doing a search that uses the umlaut. For example, I > am searching for Gromm with an umlaut over the o. Has anyone had > results using letters from old German script, or how would you recommend > doing such a search--especially with FHC records? > > Karen > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-SURNAMES-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German surnames, given names, etc. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >
Thanks for this great suggestion. I'll try it. Karen -----Original Message----- From: cslimmiemc [mailto:cslimmiemc@netzero.net] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 5:29 AM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] Doing a search using umlaut Someone at my local FHC research center typed in an "e" after the umlauted letter. My BÜNGELER ( unlaut over "u" ) became BUENGELER. She was able to come up with all kinds of information on the FHC website about some of my relatives doing that. Carol in St. Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Meng" <kmeng@charter.net> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 1:45 AM Subject: [Germans-STL] Doing a search using umlaut > > I have had no luck doing a search that uses the umlaut. For example, I > am searching for Gromm with an umlaut over the o. Has anyone had > results using letters from old German script, or how would you recommend > doing such a search--especially with FHC records? > > Karen > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-SURNAMES-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German surnames, given names, etc. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== LATIN-WORDS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in Latin from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old Latin words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:LATIN-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:LATIN-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237