David, I tried to look at this site but there is NO English version.My surname is EYER-Elisabetha b abt 1839. Rae QLd Aust. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Moufarrege" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [HESSE] How do I find a Town in Hesse for surname FROLIG/FROLICH Barbara, You can try here: http://www.online-ofb.de/ This site offers local church and civil records online. There are a few from Hessen. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/ is a site that has a compilation of family trees. You should probably expand the spelling to include Frohlich and Fröhlich (Froehlich). Good luck! David Rochester, New York > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:08:21 -0600 > From: Barbara Meredith <[email protected]> > Subject: [HESSE] How do I find a Town in Hesse for surname > FROLIG/FROLICH > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It is rather difficult to find information on George Frolig born Hessen > circa 1710 when one does not know the town. Are there any Census records > that one can check looking for a surname which would then give you the > Town? Any ideas would be most helpful. George left on a ship out of > Rotterdamn in 1751 on a voyage to Canada. > > Thanks, > Barbara, in Alberta Canada > > -- > "Forgotten Settlers": Nova Scotia's Foreign Protestants > www.barbarameredith.com > > > ------------------------------- 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

There are at least two options for viewing non-English sites for those who don't read the language. Option 1: Install Firefox, then install the plug-in abctajpu. With this combination viewing a German website in English is as easy as clicking on the "translate this page" button in the bottom corner of the browser. Option 2: copy the web address, go to http://translate.google.com, select the two languages, paste in the url and press enter. Either way, it's easy as pie. However, if you're going to research your own German roots it would be beneficial to learn some basic German at least. Brian On Mon, April 13, 2009 6:33 pm, greg & rae ryan wrote: > David, > I tried to look at this site but there is NO English version.My surname is > EYER-Elisabetha b abt 1839. > Rae QLd Aust.

Plus, it's fun! You get to say words like "hell" and "fahrt" and they don't mean what we in the U.S. think they mean. My own house here in Germany is hell, and that's a good thing (it means light or bright). Having another language or two under your belt opens your research options. You're never too old to learn some of the basics! Anna On Apr 14, 2009, at 4:28 AM, [email protected] wrote: > However, if you're going to research your own German roots it would be > beneficial to learn some basic German at least. > > Brian

Barbara, you can try http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx it gives the geographical distribution of a name at present (or some years back) based on telephone directories. You would also have to do some research of the areas that made up Hesse(n) at the time your ancestor emigrated and see which match the places with the most people with that name. It could be a starting point. good luck, Alexis 2009/4/13 greg & rae ryan <[email protected]> > David, > I tried to look at this site but there is NO English version.My surname is > EYER-Elisabetha b abt 1839. > Rae QLd Aust. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Moufarrege" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: [HESSE] How do I find a Town in Hesse for surname > FROLIG/FROLICH > > > Barbara, > > You can try here: http://www.online-ofb.de/ > > This site offers local church and civil records online. There are a few > from > Hessen. > > http://gedbas.genealogy.net/ is a site that has a compilation of family > trees. > > You should probably expand the spelling to include Frohlich and Fröhlich > (Froehlich). > > Good luck! > > David > Rochester, New York > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:08:21 -0600 > > From: Barbara Meredith <[email protected]> > > Subject: [HESSE] How do I find a Town in Hesse for surname > > FROLIG/FROLICH > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > It is rather difficult to find information on George Frolig born Hessen > > circa 1710 when one does not know the town. Are there any Census records > > that one can check looking for a surname which would then give you the > > Town? Any ideas would be most helpful. George left on a ship out of > > Rotterdamn in 1751 on a voyage to Canada. > > > > Thanks, > > Barbara, in Alberta Canada > > > > -- > > "Forgotten Settlers": Nova Scotia's Foreign Protestants > > www.barbarameredith.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >