Hi Jo Is their a chance that this "Horseshoe Barn" might have been either a livery or blacksmith shop, where horses were shod or horseshoes made? The time frame (1990's) seems outdated, but it's always a possibility Good luck with this Dick S. Researching surnames: SCHWEISS .. MEIER .. SCHMITT/SCHMIDT .. STADTHER(R) .. MEHLTRATER My Genealogy Site: http://www.harbornet.com/folks/dick/SchweissFamilyHistory.htm BTW .. there IS a "Horseshoe Barn" in Sacramento, CA .... http://www.thehorseshoebarn.com/ ..... > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Freitag, 16. August 2002 20:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MINNESOTA] FRAMMERSBERGER Horseshoe Barn > > > > Hi All, > > Might anyone have heard of this thing somewhere in the state of MN? I had > information that it was in Winona Co. at least in the mid-1990's, but it > seems that information might be incorrect because I wrote to the Winona > Chamber of Commerce and they said they had never heard of it. So, now I'm > looking all over the state for it. > > Or might anyone have ever heard of a person using the FRAMMERSBERGER surname > > *anywhere* in the whole state of MN? > > I'm looking for any trace of remaining descendants of Johann FRAMMERSBERGER > from Holzhaeuser, Bavaria who should have been in MN sometime between 1920 - > > 1945. It's a very rare surname so anyone in the area with the name is bound > > to be a descendant of his. I know Johann did not die in MN (he died in > Europe on the Eastern Front) and I have been unable to locate any person of > the name (or quite a few possible variations that I tried) in the MN online > death index. > > I also have secondhand information that someone who now lives in Georgia > once > went to school with a person(s) of the surname (same spelling) somewhere in > MN probably in the mid to late 1980's. I think either these people must > have > unlisted phone numbers, it was a female who has since married and changed > her > name, or else I'm just on some kind of frustrating wild goose chase. <g> > > Any assistance would be gratefully appreciated. > > Thanks! > Joanne > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project! Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a > time. > http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >