Jerry, I expect to be a branch on your family tree some day---Karen Glenn Farr (whose mother is a Clarion Co. PA Dittman), original surname Detman; traveled by Ship "Crawford"?from Rotterdam in 1773. (I think I recall we?ruled out the?relation many years ago). But, well--maybe!? I am interested in seeing your studies on?relationships. -----Original Message----- From: Jerome Dittman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 4:58 pm Subject: Re: [HESSE] All related I have had the same thought and have been working for months on a way to try and show how I am related to all the hundreds of surnames in my file. These names are mainly from the Osnabrueck, Buechenberg, and Wipperfuerth areas of Germany, England and quite a few states here in the US. Right now I have 15 pages showing my connection to surnames that extend back to about 1600. I have already connected to someone who is related to one of my lines through the marriage of sisters. This is still under developement; I'll send a page or two to anyone that is interested in seeing my approach to the solving the problem. Perhaps we can come up with a better way of doing it. My originating surnames are Duetmann born Buller in the area south of Osnabrueck; Raab in the area surrounding Buechenberg in Hesse; Zelz from the Wipperfuerth area; and in England; in the US the names radiates from the Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA area. I've been calling the project "Cousins related around the world". Jerry Dittman Boonsboro, MD

Karen If, we did rule out a family connection some time ago, we'll have to rule it out now again. Since that time I have successfully researched the family back to 1650 when a Moritz Dütmann born Buller was the earliest Dütmann that could be found. His Dütmann name came from a Law that required males marrying an heiress to family property to assume their surname. He was married twice, the first time apparently to a Dütmann female heiress who died; my line descends from his second marriage. Thus my blood line is more Buller than Dütmann. I've tried to find a Buller from the same area and same time period without success. My great grandfather changed the name from Dütmann to Dittman sometime after his immigration. He was born in the area south of Osnabrück. If, you have any from that area, there is always a chance that there could be a connection through one of the hundred or names that I have listed as descendants of my great grandparents, Dütmann and Hengelsberg. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [HESSE] All related > Jerry, I expect to be a branch on your family tree some day---Karen Glenn > Farr (whose mother is a Clarion Co. PA Dittman), original surname Detman; > traveled by Ship "Crawford"?from Rotterdam in 1773. (I think I recall > we?ruled out the?relation many years ago). But, well--maybe!? I am > interested in seeing your studies on?relationships. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerome Dittman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 4:58 pm > Subject: Re: [HESSE] All related > > > > I have had the same thought and have been working for months on a way to > try > and show how I am related to all the hundreds of surnames in my file. > These > names are mainly from the Osnabrueck, Buechenberg, and Wipperfuerth areas > of > Germany, England and quite a few states here in the US. Right now I have > 15 > pages showing my connection to surnames that extend back to about 1600. I > have already connected to someone who is related to one of my lines > through > the marriage of sisters. This is still under developement; I'll send a > page > or two to anyone that is interested in seeing my approach to the solving > the > problem. Perhaps we can come up with a better way of doing it. > > My originating surnames are Duetmann born Buller in the area south of > Osnabrueck; Raab in the area surrounding Buechenberg in Hesse; Zelz from > the > Wipperfuerth area; and in England; in the US the names radiates from the > Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA area. > > I've been calling the project "Cousins related around the world". > > Jerry Dittman > Boonsboro, MD > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >