I once saw a book at the MN History Center that translates English names into German (and vice versa?). I tried helping a man with the name Fox, who refused to believe that his family name in German was originally Fuchs. --I washed my hands of him. Anyway, my point is that there might be reference source(s) that will give hints as to the variations on this name that night help you find them. Good luck! Kate On May 23 2007, Karen McPherson wrote: > I forgot to mention in my previous post about Charles LAUF that I have a > subscription to Ancestry.com and I can't find any reference to this > family at all. I've been doing genealogy for over 10 years, but I am > really stumped by this one! (And in FL so can't do any local research) > >Thanks much, >Karen

I have found my Carl Noack listed as Karl, Chas, Charlie, Noach Nowak, Noah. Also, Emil(male) listed as Emma (female) and Larra (male) listed as Laura(female). You just have to keep looking and comparing the information you get to be able to sort out the truth. Also, there is the factor that our ancesters all had accents and often were giving information to English speaking people.Keep on looking, you will find the answers eventually. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 24 May, 2007 13:24 Subject: Re: [MNRAMSEY] LAUF surname >I once saw a book at the MN History Center that translates English names > into German (and vice versa?). I tried helping a man with the name Fox, > who > refused to believe that his family name in German was originally Fuchs. > --I washed my hands of him. > > Anyway, my point is that there might be reference source(s) that will give > hints as to the variations on this name that night help you find them. > > Good luck! > > Kate > > > On May 23 2007, Karen McPherson wrote: > >> I forgot to mention in my previous post about Charles LAUF that I have a >> subscription to Ancestry.com and I can't find any reference to this >> family at all. I've been doing genealogy for over 10 years, but I am >> really stumped by this one! (And in FL so can't do any local research) >> >>Thanks much, >>Karen > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1152 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len