Hello Ellis: I found the same situation with the Bowsers. Contrary to the commonly held belief that the family name was originally "Bauser" in the old country, I've come to the conclusion that our immigrant ancestor was actually Johannes Buser, baptized Jan. 17, 1734 in or near the village of Ziefen in Canton Basel, Switzerland. I've recently worked up a three page report regarding how I came to that conclusion if you or anyone on the list is interested. It's interesting to know that John Adam I and Andrew Dietle (whatever spelling) were brothers. I assume you've traced both back to Bavaria. Lannie and Dana Dietle's book, written in 1996, doesn't mention Andrew. I corresponded quite a bit with Lannie in the early 90's when he was working on the book, but lost touch with him several years ago. The book is not indexed so not easily searched, but I think the Bowsers only connect to the Dietles through John Adam Dietle II. I don't recall that they intermarried with descendants of Nicholas Dietle. It appears to me Andrew Dietle may not have had any sons. Do you know of any? My thought regarding the land transaction in 1849 when he bought 73 acres and sold it off within three years was that maybe he had no sons, and sold it to son-in-laws? Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellis L. and Carole G. Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] PLEASE help find two missing Great-Grandaunt’s Sam, yes we know. The intermingling of the lines, and distinguishing them, one from the other, has not been as difficult as the variety of spellings. Spelling, depending on the dialect (a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language) used and/or heard, perceived, apprehended and comprehended. In the time period in question, the family neither spoke, read or wrote English. The variety of dialects within the area many times conflicted with one another. Even within Bavaria there are several dialects, not just one or a common one. Andrew is a brother of Johann Adam "John" I, who settled in Greenville. Johann Adam "John" I, sons, Johann Adam "John" II, and Johann Nikölaus "Nicholas" both had family who also emigrated into Allegany and Garrett Counties. All three families were heavy into the BOWSER, et al families in the Cove/Accident, Friendsville/Selbysport, Grantsville, Bittinger and surrounding area. Ellis and Carole Miller _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 ------------------------------- 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