What year was your August Knopp born? On ancestry.com there's an Aug Knop (b. abt 1856) on the Donau. It sailed from Bremen, Germany and landed in New York on 10 Apr 1883. Kathy www.Kiva.org - loans that change lives. Change the world one loan at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 1:55 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] village name >I have gotten the naturalization papers for my ggrandfather, August Knopp. > The name of the village that he was born in, is listed. Problem is that I > am not sure of the spelling. I believe it should be in what was West > Prussia > - his sisters census records say W Prussia. This document also says he > came into the US April of 1883. I have not been able to find him in > Ships > records. Anyway, this is as close as I can guess as to the spelling of > the > Village. Llotoro, Llotoio, Llotow, Leotow, The first letter could also be > an H - Hotow, Hotoio - the only letters I am sure of are the middle ones. > oto. I would guess that this village could now be part of Poland??? and > that the name has changed. Does anyone have any idea's how to figure > this > out. > Thanks > las > **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the > grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >