Elaine The way to determine the spelling of the name of the country/town, I used the comparison of the "u" , second and 7th letter, they are the same. Also compare the "m" in Luxemburg and Germany from the next collumn, they are the same. Same with the "e" in both words. You have Luxemburg. Now you have to determine wether it is the country of Luxembourg misspelled without the "o" or it is the town Luxemburg in Oldenburg, near Hohenkirchen and Jever. My feeling is that it is this community, because of the added "OC" to Germany in the same collumn. The name "Meyer" with the Y spelling is also typical for Northern Germany, rather than Meier or Myer. The area for Jever etc is in F riesland near the Jade Bassin. One way to assertain the location is to tie the name in with other names of the a rea. It is mentioned often in the "Deutsches Geschlechterbuch", volume 134 for Ostfriesland. Guenter in Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine O'Neill" <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:13:14 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Need help deciphering place name My husband's G-g-grandfather, Adam Meyer(s) came to the US in 1834. In various records he is said to have come from Prussia or from Germany. Today when searching for his children in the US Census I hit what could be a real jackpot. On the 1920 census for his son George W. Meyers, in Williams County, Ohio, the census enumerator not only listed "Germany" as the birthplace of George's father, but he included a more specific location. My problem is I can't be sure of what he wrote. It looks to be "Luxemburg", but it could also be "Lutenburg." I've cropped the original document and posted it on Flickr. Would someone be willing to take a look and give me your opinion on what it looks like to you? Here is the link for the cropped image http://flic.kr/p/9Y6Y7f .  If you have Ancestry and would like to view the original image here is a link (I hope) to it: http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ddenp6 . George W. Meyers family begins on line 43. Another reason I'm not sure of the location name is that I don't know the history of Luxembourg, whether or not there was an area known by that name, even though it would not have been on any map. I also don't know if there is or was a city of Lutenburg.  I would really appreciate whatever help anyone can provide. Thank you so very much! Regards, Elaine O'Neill   ------------------------------- 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

Thank you for your thorough analysis, Guenter. What specifically would the add "OC" stand for? Would it be "Oldenburg City?" I want to be sure I understand you...are you saying that Oldenberg is now in Friesland, which is in the Netherlands? One last question, would this area have been part of what was known as Prussia in the 19th century? BTW, I'm also from Michigan, although I no longer live there. Thank you again so very much! Elaine On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:49 PM, <gloepertz@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Elaine > > The way to determine the spelling of the name of the country/town, I used > the comparison of the "u" , second and 7th letter, they are the same. Also > compare the "m" in Luxemburg and Germany from the next collumn, they are the > same. Same with the "e" in both words. You have Luxemburg. Now you have to > determine wether it is the country of Luxembourg misspelled without the "o" > or it is the town Luxemburg in Oldenburg, near Hohenkirchen and Jever. > > My feeling is that it is this community, because of the added "OC" to > Germany in the same collumn. The name "Meyer" with the Y spelling is also > typical for Northern Germany, rather than Meier or Myer. The area for Jever > etc is in F riesland near the Jade Bassin. One way to assertain the location > is to tie the name in with other names of the a rea. It is mentioned often > in the "Deutsches Geschlechterbuch", volume 134 for Ostfriesland. > > Guenter in Michigan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Elaine O'Neill" <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> > To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:13:14 PM > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Need help deciphering place name > > My husband's G-g-grandfather, Adam Meyer(s) came to the US in 1834. In > various records he is said to have come from Prussia or from Germany. Today > when searching for his children in the US Census I hit what could be a real > jackpot. On the 1920 census for his son George W. Meyers, in Williams > County, Ohio, the census enumerator not only listed "Germany" as the > birthplace of George's father, but he included a more specific location. My > problem is I can't be sure of what he wrote. It looks to be "Luxemburg", > but > it could also be "Lutenburg." I've cropped the original document and posted > it on Flickr. Would someone be willing to take a look and give me your > opinion on what it looks like to you? Here is the link for the cropped > image > http://flic.kr/p/9Y6Y7f . If you have Ancestry and would like to view the > original image here is a link (I hope) to it: > http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ddenp6 . George W. Meyers family begins on > line > 43. > > Another reason I'm not sure of the location name is that I don't know the > history of Luxembourg, whether or not there was an area known by that name, > even though it would not have been on any map. I also don't know if there > is > or was a city of Lutenburg. I would really appreciate whatever help anyone > can provide. > > Thank you so very much! > > Regards, > Elaine O'Neill > > ------------------------------- > 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 >