Hi, I am not researching your names, but my FREY, FISCHER, HAAG, and KURCHER are from Winzingen, which was near Neustadt an der Haardt. In fact it is now part of Neustadt, and is now a street there. You are the first one I've seen who was searching in that area. Mary Widener ----- Original Message ----- From: <PSulzer@aol.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:54 AM Subject: [PFALZ] Neustadt area surnames > Hi, > I am searching for the village/town of origin of my GENIUS and SCHUMAN > families. Our old family bible says that JAMES (JACOB) GENIUS was born 26 > Jul 1834 "near Neustadt a/ Haardt". I've been told that that means he was > from a village/town near Neustadt in the Haardt Mountains. But which village! > James' parents were FRANZ EDUARD GENIUS (a burgermeister of his village) and > MARGARET SCHUMAN. Both parents died about 1844. They were probably > Protestants. > Does anyone know if either of these surnames (especially GENIUS) is found > in a town/village near Neustadt? Is anyone else researching either surname in > the Neustadt area? > Thanks, > Pam in Louisiana > > ______________________________