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

Hi It is Luttenburg, Germany!!! Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine O'Neill" <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:13 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 >

For more info on those 2 places, try www.jewishgen.org, communities locator. It has a locator for Jewish villages & for all villages, so go for the general communities locator. That shows maps, gives a list of all villages in a radius of 10 miles of your village, & gives other names for the village. Luxombourg is a separate tiny country now, but in former times it might have been an area or district of Prussia/Germany, tho probably not a village. Jewishgen will at least identify Lutenburg or tell you whether or not it existed/exists. Good luck, Judy On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Elaine O'Neill <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >

Hi Elaine, I've looked at this on Flickr and on Ancestry. It's hard to decipher, isn't it? It could be Luxembourg but it if you look at the very open 'a' at the end of Pennsylvania I wonder if it could be Laufenberg? I think that's an 'f' in the middle, not a 't', if you look at the rest of the page. Do you know when/where Adam was born? Google maps is a good place to look. Diane On 29 Jun 2011, at 22:13, Elaine O'Neill wrote: > 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 >