This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BOTEFUHR BÖTEFÜHR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/4007.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Altona once was danish. Since 1864-1867 german and austrian, since 1871 prussian and german and is since 1937 a part of the state (and town) of Hamburg. The distance to Papenburg is about 250 km. Found the name Böteführ [ Umlau o and Umlaut u] also in the region north of Hamburg. [places Lütjenburg and Sylt] Hope you get your family and I am sure you will succeed in the Soegel aerea. Klaus