Saw this on the Hamilton County, OH list. Pfalz listers might find it of interest. Joanne -----Original Message----- From: JOPARMLEY@aol.com <JOPARMLEY@aol.com> To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com <OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: [OHHAMILT] Bavarian Ancestors >Hello All, > >I have created a free, interactive website to help my fellow Bavarian >researchers locate others who are researching Bavarian surnames in common and >hopefully make connections with distant family members. It mainly consists >of an index of surnames with automatic email links to contact the various >participating researchers. Currently the website has 224 submitters with >over 1,300 surnames. All of these people have indicated a willingness to >be contacted via email to discuss their Bavarian genealogical interests. >Additionally, there is a page of links to explain naming practices, the >Bavaria FAQ's and a link to another site which contains many queries of those >researching Bavarian surnames. > >If you have ancestors from Bavaria (and Bavaria ONLY, please) you might like >to browse the index for your own surnames and/or submit your surnames to be >included in the index. Again, this is free, open to any and all who have >research interests in Bavaria only. The only requirement is that the surname >belong to a person who once lived in Bavaria. I. E., Jewish surnames from >Russia ARE allowed as well as surnames of people from the Pfalz, which once >was part of Bavaria. > >Please also feel free to pass on the URL to any other lists you may be a >member of who have other members with Bavarian ancestors. > >http://bavariansurnames.homestead.com/index.html > ><A HREF="http://bavariansurnames.homestead.com/index.html">Bavarian Surnames >Index</A> > >Thank you for your time and attention. > >Happy ancestor hunting! >Joanne Parmley > >______________________________