Louise: Doing a Google search for "Saarbrucken" reveals it is in Saarland (acutally the capital city). Then searching the "Find a List" feature at Rootsweb for "Saarland" brings up a list title "Deu-Saarland". I would say, then, that this is the list you need. Sheila K. -------------- Original message from Lnov713@aol.com: -------------- > > Since I am new, could someone please tell me if this is the proper list for > SAARBRUCKEN, which is in the WEST of Germany. > Thanks for any answers as to what List is best. > Louise N. > NW of Chicago > Mayonov@aol.com > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

AGAIN SEE ORIGINAL SENDERS - NOT ME ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Roussin" <kroussin@fidnet.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Surname Devonske > Hello Maureen > The Bernhard Haack and bertha Albertina Devonske married in Prussia ( > some place ). > > They had 3 children there and more in the U.S.A., one at Oswega N.Y. ( > My Grandmother Augusta ) and another at Cuba , MO. , where They lived out > the rest of Their lives. > > The GTA volumes , and the Mo. census both record Them as immigrating > from Koeslin , I did not look at the original passenger list , however I > did > view the LDS FHC library CD which noted the same town. > All of My checking in Koeslin did not reveal Their names > > The only trouble that I have had with the GTA volumes is that They > spelled HAACK as HACK , which is real close spelling , and are surnames > both > prounced " HAWK ". ( according to Ken Neumann ) > > Karl Roussin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Spaghettitree@aol.com> > To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:44 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Surname Devonske > > >> >> >> I'm hunting and hunting, but something tells me this name has been >> changed >> from its European form. It just doesn't seem to be either German or > Polish or >> Russian or other Slavic name, though I can easily be mistaken - I don't > claim >> to be an expert. Since De and von both mean "from" I looked under >> Vonske > and >> Ske and Defonski and Divonske and numerous others. I will keep looking > and >> report back to you with anything promising. Whether your Devonske may be >> Kasubian, I don't know yet. >> >> Your birthplace search will have to be in the USA, you already know. Do > you >> have any death/cemetery/tombstone/obit records? And you also probably > know >> that the G to A transcriptions are really, really a big mess - so I hope > you >> looked at the original passenger list. If Devonske and Haack married >> in > the >> U.S., see if you can find their application for marriage license. Where > did >> they settle? >> >> Maureen Schoenky >> >> >> ************************************** >> See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

see original message - this is not my tree ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette McIntosh" <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > Maureen, Janet, Joni, Jane, Vilhem (Bill) and others, > > Thanks to all those who entered into the thread re Kasubian surnames. I > had > a hunch that my STEINKE ancestors may have had origins in the area > associated with Kasubian ethnicity. The responses to the list re the "ke" > ending to the surname seem to bear this out although the actual surname > (STEINKE) did NOT appear on the website listing of surnames with Kasubian > roots. > > This particular STEINKE family has only been sighted once in Prussia, by > me, > and that was in the area of Behle, Prussia (today's Biala, PL) ca. 1819. > I > am looking for a Thomas STEINKE b/b ca. 1790-1800 who married a Rosalia > PRIESKE before 1819. Descendents of this family emigrated from the area > of > Schrotz, West Prussia (Skrzatusz, PL) to America in 1863. > > I am eager to learn more, if possible, about the possible beginnings > (geographical origins) of this branch of my tree. > > Best wishes, > Bette > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Spaghettitree@aol.com> > To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:44 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > > >> >> I think you might find that names ending in -ske came from a more >> southerly >> and easterly area - the names ending in -ke generally came from the >> northern >> coastline, mostly the Baltic Sea. Germanic names do not generally have >> the -ske >> or -ski or -sky endings, so look south, at least in older records. >> >> Maureen Schoenky >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

this request is not from me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marian Dietrich" <myrnnch@cinci.rr.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Strubel >I have Strubel/Struebel/Striebel on my mother's side of the family. Her > grandmother's maiden name was Anna Struebel. She was born July, 1845 in > Germany and came to the US about 1866. She married Anton Wassmann and > they > lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Anton died in 1879, leaving Anna with four > small > children. She re-married in about 1884 to Joseph Spitaler and died in > Covington, Ky. in 1924. > > Is Anna Struebel Wassmann Spitaler in your family tree? There is an Anna > Struebel born July 1844 in Kappelrodeck, Germany; but I am not sure that > is > my great grandmother. > Marian > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genealogylinks/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Strubel" <astrubel1@cox.net> > To: <PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com>; <PRUSSIA-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:59 PM > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] New to list > > >> Hi, I am new to this list. >> My Surnames are STRUBEL,FURI-FUHRY,HUMMEL,HOPSON,BURG,FRUECHTE AND >> LAMPING. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Maureen Schoenky of Germanic Research, SCGS is absolutely correct about the Russian's destroying cemeteries. When I went to Linde (now LIpka, Poland), there was nothing left but a few small pieces of the tomb stones. This was the way the communists kept people from acknowledging any religious affiliation or family root affiliation. They were intent on indoctrinating the population into the communist system and that is all they were to know. Interesting that Prussia-Roots put me in touch with another lineage of the Ross genealogy. My German grandfather was a brother for the lineage. I didn't expect someone in Germany to pick up my request for information of Ross's from Linde. Arnold Ross ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi all. I posted this several days ago but I don't think it was put up. Here is another piece of information about surnames that may be helpful to some of you, especially if you are working between Prussian and Kashuby names. It is almost a given that if you are Kashuby to any degree or Polish, you are Slavic. It is one of the truths brotherhoods that we share and seperates us from the rest of the world.. Being Slavic sets us apart from other races of the world because for one, we all share a DNA factor. Now, there was a time when the Slavic people came across the Oder River from Poland and extended by small groupings only as far west as Northern Germany, or so they thought. It has now been proven that there existed in a small number, Slavic people in Sweden. These people were referred to as REM, and they were a warrior class of people who fought for the king. When Sweden ruled Northern Germany, or Pomerania, the king sent the Slavic Rem people to Pomerania to fight and protect his land. These Slavic people stayed on and married into the Kashuby and Polish people, and the Rem surnames survived even until today. So in our search of surnames, we will even encounter Swedish names, and yet not know how they came to be there. Just thought you'ed like to know. LOTCHO DROM my friends Vilhem(Bill) Hoeft

SENT TO WRONG PERSON - NOT IN MY LIST OF FAMILIES. THANKS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandie" <marana@tds.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Schiffelbein ? Caroline Ziebell > The Jacob Kunz family is residing in Milwaukee in 1920. I will send the > image to your home e-mail. > Milwaukee, Ward 16, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin District 185 > January 5, 1920 > SD 4 ED 186 Sheet 4B > 2711 Grand Avenue > Jacob J. Kunz age 51, born in Wisconsin, parents born - father unknown and > mother states Moerel? he is a barber > Bertha, wife age 52, came to America in what appears to be 1885 but states > she became a citizen in 1890, born in Shiefelbein, Germany, her parents > born > in the same place > Arthur E. son age 28 born in Wisconsin, parents born Wisconsin and > Schiefelbein, he is a locomotive machinist for the railroad > Ziebell, John D., brother in law age 54, came to America in 1891 and > became > a citizen in 1912, also born in Shiefelbein Germany, his parents born in > the > same place, a blacksmith for the railroad > I know Shiefelbein is spelled wrong in this census. > > 1895 Wisconsin State Census > Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI > Ward 9 > Kunz, Jacob, 2 males and 3 females, 3 born in the US and two born in > Germany > > 1905 Wisconsin State Census > Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI > 3rd Precinct 16th Ward > June 1, 1905 > Sheet 10 > Page 4673 > Kunz > Jacob J. head age 37 married born in Wisconsin parents born in Germany > master barber > Bertha wife age 37 married born in Germany, parents born Germany > Arthur son age 13 born in Wisconsin father in Wis and mother in Germ > Hilda daughter age 11 born Wisconsin parents born in Wisconsin (error > here) > Ziebell, Catharine, mother in law age 82 a widow born Germany as were her > parents > > Also in Milwaukee in 1905 > 2nd precinct, 15th ward, June 1, 1905 > This came up on a soundex for Ziebill. It is spelled Zebel on the census. > However, the age fits in. So, now there is Catharine and Caroline for 1905 > making it a little confusing. > Zebel, Caroline, head, age 81, widowed, born in Germany, parents born in > Germany, > > > There is a World War I draft registration card for Arthur Emil John Kunz, > born July 30, 1891 in Milwaukee. He is residing at 2711 Grand Ave., > Milwaukee and works as a machinist with the C.M. and St. R.R.R. and is > single. Signed June 2, 1917. > > There is also a World War I draft registration card for a John Kunz who is > residing in Antigo, Wisconsin. I cannot state that this is the son of > Jacob > and Bertha. He was born in America January 4, 1887. He is working for the > railroad. He is married. If you would like this image let me know. > > Birth record - Jacob Kunz born Milwaukee Co. 30 January 1868. Record > 0138-001621 > > Marriage record - Indexed as Jas Kumz and Bertha Ziebell. Married 8 > October > 1890 in Milwaukee Co. Volume 22, page 0324 > > I can look these above two records up at the state library. > > It seems likely that Caroline Siebel, etc. would have died in Milwaukee. > As > mentioned I will check the city directories. I would not hesitate to write > to Milwaukee County for a death certificate, listing both spellings of the > surname. The time period would be between the 1910 and the 1920 census. > Once > a date is established I could check the Milwaukee newspapers for an obit. > With a city as large as Milwaukee the obits are not as detailed as the > ones > in the small towns. > > I live just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. When I am at the state > historical > society the next time I can check the Milwaukee city directories. I have > located dates of death more than one time of people when I was doing > research. The library is on the UW-Madison campus and has shortened hours > between semesters. The summer session begins June 16th and I hope to get > there after that. > Good luck. > > Sandie in Wisconsin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "101heath" <101heath@comcast.net> > To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:27 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Schiffelbein ? Caroline Ziebell > > >> Dieter, >> >> I appreciate any help, believe me. I am piecing my entire Prussian >> ancestry from about 10 small photos and 3 postcards sent back to >> Germany by my grandmother (Bertha Elfrieda Dora Ziebell) who came >> over in 1904. She never spoke of her family to anyone. Here's what >> I've been able to piece together: >> >> Caroline___b. 1822/24 married circa 1840-42 ____Ziebell. Caroline >> Ziebell (my great grandmother) was widowed by 1892. She boarded the >> Steamship Gerg as a '68 yr old widow' alone and it arrived in >> Baltimore, MD May 19, 1892. Several passengers on that steamship said >> their last place of residence was 'Schiffelbein, Germany' and she was >> one of them. She next shows up in the 1900 census in the household of >> Jacob J. Kunz in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (only now she's spelling >> Ziebell as Siebel). She is last found at age 88 in 1910 census in >> same household. I have not found her grave. I have also been unable >> to find out where this household went in 1920. They disappear off the >> planet. >> >> Caroline Ziebell b.ca. 1822/24 stated she had had 5 children, 5 >> living and had been married 50 yrs before becoming widowed. I can >> account for three children: >> 1. Albert Carl Wilhelm Ziebell b. unknown married Auguste Wilhelmina >> Sophie Friedericke Dahn and had 5 children. They were living in >> Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein and did not emigrate. (This is who the few >> postcards were mailed to). >> a) Bruno Max Albert Ziebell b.unknown d. 13 Dec 1944 in WWII air >> raid on Hamburg. >> No issue. >> b) Willie Ziebell b. unknown d. WWI period 1914-1918. No issue. >> c) Ella Ziebell b. 27 Mar 1885 Prussia d. 1 June 1965 Chicago, Cook >> Co. IL. Emigrated aboard SS Pennsylvania which left Hamburg 11 Mar >> 1904, arrived Port of New York 27 Mar 1904. Never married, no issue. >> d) Bertha Elfrieda Dora Ziebell b. 26 Apr 1886 Prussia d. 18 Nov >> 1964 Torrance, CA. >> Emigrated aboard SS Pennsylvania which left Hamburg 11 Mar >> 1904, arrived Port of New York 27 Mar 1904. Married and divorced. >> 5 kids. >> e) Paul Willie Albert Robert Ziebell b. 17 Sept 1887 Prussia d. 10 >> Mar 1954 Schleswig, Germany. Paul Ziebell never married but was >> said to have been mayor of a town. Addresses used for him on >> postcards were Gaarden, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland. >> 2. Bertha M. Ziebell b. Oct 1866 Prussia m.ca. 1890 Jacob J. Kunz b. >> Jan 1867 Wisconsin. Bertha M. Ziebell stated she emigrated in >> 1883.They were living in Milwaukee, WI in 1900 and 1910. He was a >> barber. I cannot find them in 1920 or 1930 but they were young, so >> they had to have been somewhere. They had 2 children by 1910: >> a) Arthur Kunz b. July 1891 Wisconsin >> b) Hilda Kunz b. Oct 1894 Wisconsin >> 3. David J. Ziebell b.ca. 1864 Prussia. Found living in 1910 >> household of Jacob J. Kunz with his mother Caroline Ziebell, >> widowed. Working as coachman for a private family in Milwaukee WI. >> Stated he emigrated in 1890. I cannot find him after the 1910 census. >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ed: Have you tried www.JewishGen.org? Sheila K.

Hello lists: Just running these names by again in case anyone new joined. Peter Keisel b. 1808 in Germany married Catherine Clovak (sp?) b. 1808. They married by 1838. They had three children: Catherine b. 1838 in Germany; Magdlena b. 1843 in Louisiana (USA) & Jacob born 1847/48 in Mississippi(USA). I can find them in 1850 Harrison County, Mississippi Census. And nothing more on the parents or Catherine (daughter) I found Magdlena again in 1863 when she married Alexander Johnston in New Orleans, Louisiana. And I found Jacob for the next time in 1880 New Orleans Census. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Tami Johnston New Orleans, Louisiana www.johnstonfamily.tribalpages.com www.arnountfamily.tribalpages.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz

Rollo, thanks so much for this link. I just received photocopies of church records which I believe may be written in Suetterlin. Someone translated the names and dates but nothing more. The challenge with German is not just the handwriting but also the translation from German to English! Again, thanks for taking the time to send this link. Nancy M. My German family: Meinzen, Gerner, Froman > http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Since I am new, could someone please tell me if this is the proper list for SAARBRUCKEN, which is in the WEST of Germany. Thanks for any answers as to what List is best. Louise N. NW of Chicago Mayonov@aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

In a message dated 6/6/2007 9:14:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time Rollo writes: Exactly! Eventually, another place of registry was opened by the Prussian Government, and that was civil registration. Not sure of the date though... Regards, Rollo+~~ ******************* I believe the date you are looking for is 1874 when govt started civil registration; I know in West Prussia, this was that timeframe. Anettka ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

So Maureen, you are then Maureen Thanks from the Baltic area of Prussia.... Regards, Rollo+~~ ============== Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Teske Okay, Herb - but you say I have a -ky ending and you have a -ke ending - perhaps you missed my message that said the -ky happened in the USA and the y is an aberration in the German language, it was originally Schoenke like all the other Schoenkes. But Teske and Schoenke are not related - the core of your name is Tess or Teß and the core of mine is Schoen or Schön. At least I'll bet people can spell and pronounce your name - something Americans cannot - or will not - do with my name - I have a very long list of sneezed versions - that's why I usually go by Maureen. Maureen Schoenky

Ed Spaans There are Jewish records in the LDS FHC library films. Check out http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,180,0 Enter just the towns name of Beuthen in the place name window ONLY The records are in the first two locations . You need to order the films at a FHC library Karl Roussin =================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <spaans_ed@comcast.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Jews from Beuthen/Byrom Poland > Hi All: > > I have been trying to trace a Jewish family who where born in the 1860-1890 timeframe in Beuthen, now Bytom, Prussia/Poland. Church records would obviously not work. Anyone has any thoughts how to obtain pertinent data? > > Thanks! > > Ed Spaans > Grand Rapids, MI. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Okay, Herb - but you say I have a -ky ending and you have a -ke ending - perhaps you missed my message that said the -ky happened in the USA and the y is an aberration in the German language, it was originally Schoenke like all the other Schoenkes. But Teske and Schoenke are not related - the core of your name is Tess or Teß and the core of mine is Schoen or Schön. At least I'll bet people can spell and pronounce your name - something Americans cannot - or will not - do with my name - I have a very long list of sneezed versions - that's why I usually go by Maureen. Maureen Schoenky ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hopefully this will help Herb, http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm One thing to remember, no matter how well you are schooled to write the "correct" way, most everyone develop their own little idiosyncrasies in the language they are using. Regards, Rollo+~~ ============================= Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] F's & T's > My dad who was bornin USA always made "r" that looked like "s" he almost > closed the downstroke of the "r" to where it could be interpreted as an > "s". he mostly printed because people often got confused until he told > every body that his name was Edward and would show them how he wrote his > name it always looked loke Edwasd > Jeane D. > ============================= > Herbert Teske <herb29@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Yes, Rollo, but how could a > transcriber mistake a German "s" for "r". Oh, well! > > Herb >

I am sorry if I caused some confusion. I meant that affter WWII, they moved the living people to Germany and when they died in Germany, they were buried in Germany. Consequently, I would not be able to find my relatives buried in the cemeteries in Poland near the Baltic. I hope that this clears up any questions. Joni ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Strubel" <astrubel1@cox.net> Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] New to list > My great grandfather Heinrich FRUECHTE 1818-1881 > Was from Leeden, Prussia, and my great grandmother-Maria > LAMPING 1829-1876 was from Lotte. > > Both died in St. Louis, Missouri. > If anybody has any information on these two-your help would be > appreciated. > You can help yourself. The LDS Library has microfilmed records of Leeden dating back to the 1670s. They also have microfilmed records of Lotte dating back a little bit further. Go visit an LDS Family History Center near you and order some microfilm. Your ancestors are waiting for you to find them. :) Good luck, LGO

I have Strubel/Struebel/Striebel on my mother's side of the family. Her grandmother's maiden name was Anna Struebel. She was born July, 1845 in Germany and came to the US about 1866. She married Anton Wassmann and they lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Anton died in 1879, leaving Anna with four small children. She re-married in about 1884 to Joseph Spitaler and died in Covington, Ky. in 1924. Is Anna Struebel Wassmann Spitaler in your family tree? There is an Anna Struebel born July 1844 in Kappelrodeck, Germany; but I am not sure that is my great grandmother. Marian http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genealogylinks/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Strubel" <astrubel1@cox.net> To: <PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com>; <PRUSSIA-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:59 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] New to list > Hi, I am new to this list. > My Surnames are STRUBEL,FURI-FUHRY,HUMMEL,HOPSON,BURG,FRUECHTE AND > LAMPING.

Art Check out http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp or http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ or http://www.surnamenavigator.org/ Just fill out the blanks , and click " search " , or " go " If the records are not entered ,and You know the name of the town that They came from , then You may have to order some films , of that town, of that time , from the FHC library Karl Roussin ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Strubel" <astrubel1@cox.net> To: <PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com>; <PRUSSIA-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:59 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] New to list > Hi, I am new to this list. > My Surnames are STRUBEL,FURI-FUHRY,HUMMEL,HOPSON,BURG,FRUECHTE AND LAMPING. > Of these ancestors-LAMPING and FRUECHTE are from Prussia. > My great grandfather Heinrich FRUECHTE 1818-1881 > Was from Leeden, Prussia, and my great grandmother-Maria LAMPING 1829-1876 was from Lotte. > > Both died in St. Louis, Missouri. > If anybody has any information on these two-your help would be appreciated. > Thanks, Art > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message