It's still there. Probably a bit bigger than you remember, Linda. :-) There are also Schaumburg castles in Germany. One of my ancestors, back in the 1500s, was a "Kornschreiber" at Schaumburg castle. Marilyn Linda Lambert wrote: > Did you know there is a suburb of Chicago (far west side) called Schaumburg? > > At least it was a suburb when I lived near Chicago in the 1960's...... > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > wwjohnston@aol.com > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:24 AM > To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Re: Ancestors of Daniel Shamburg (Schaumburg) > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Shamburg, Schaumburg > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVC.2ACE/656.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Where in Germany were they from? > > And where did they come to in the US? > > My own Schaumburgs came from Grossenenglis, near Fritzlar, in Hessen-Kassel. > They came to Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota sometime about 1860-1870. > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: mailto:NIEDERSACHSEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to: NIEDERSACHSEN-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > Helpful websites! > http://go.to/hessen > http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx