WEB SITE: www.brianmiller.freeeserve.co.uk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hi all, wanting information connected to MILLER'S of Cumberland Durham AND NORTHUMBERLAND. Very best regards Brian MILLER North Shields Tyne & Wear UNITED KINGDOM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researching: AKENHEAD # ARKLE # BALLARD # CLARKE # COXON # GICQUEL # HALL # HEDLEY # JOHNSON # MILLARD # MILLER # MOPNK # MURRAY # PARHAM # REAHEAD # STEWARD # STOREY # TAMS # WATSON # WRIGHT # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Caffecupz@aol.com> To: <MILLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:50 AM Subject: [MILLER-L] Bavarian MILLER/MULLER/MUELLER > Thought someone might find this interesting. > When I was little, my father used to laugh about working for MULLERS` milk. > Now I wonder if this was the joke. > Most probably it was Muller. Miller is the Americanized version. >> > > This list went through the MILLER / MUELLER story some months ago. MILLER is > > and was a Bavarian surname. And so is MUELLER. Have a look into the German > > phone books and you will be surprised of the number of poeple living there > > bearing the "Americanized" name MILLER. Anyhow, spelling was not an issue > > our ancestors were worrying too much about. Note that MILLER and MUELLER are > > pronounced the same in Bavarian. > >