Thank you to everyone who has responed to my query!!  The original genealogy that my great-great aunt did is Typewritten!!  -  so no mistaking the spelling ( and she spelled it that way several times.)  I think Paul is correct - she spelled it as she heard it and given that she was typing could not put in the correct German letters.    I will use the variants give in all your responses and see what I can find about her.   Thanks again --   Cindy   --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] LOIWE To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 11:42 AM Cindy:  Also check Family Search.  A couple of Loiwe (and other variants) there.  Sheila K. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message