Strasbourg is in Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine). The Alsace-Lorraine list is correct. ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com You know the rest. Brian On Mon, March 21, 2011 1:16 pm, Sue Hubbard wrote: > > Pat, Thanks for letting me know that it was a French word, not German. > Maybe this will give me an additional clue to search for my long-lost > grandfather in Strasbourg. I'm not sure what roots newsgroup I should > subscribe to. > > Sue Fingado-Hubbard > > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:49:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Pat McCoy <p.a.mccoy@att.net> > Subject: Re: [HESSE] Translation of one word, please > > Here's what I found: > > http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/buffetier > > Apparently, it means a waiter or servant in the French term. > > Pat McCoy, M.S. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >