Hello Elaine, Another possible US source for information may be the sacramental records located at the church your family attended in the US. I located my family's church by establishing a tentative time line of where they lived according to census data. A search of the town or township led me to discover the name of the church. Also, there are some state archives that have that information as well. Regards, Wendy Fischbach South Dakota --- Elaine O'Neill <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> wrote: > I sent to Michigan for my Great-grandmother's death > certificate. > Rather than it answering some questions it's only > creating more. > Partly because of the handwriting on the original > record, and partly > because of conflicting information. > > I was hoping for a definite birth location, but only > got "Germany". > On well. Could be worse I guess. > > But the big questions are regarding names. On my > grandfather's > marriage record from Windsor, Ontario he gives his > mother's maiden > name as BRUCHESCI. I assumed there may have been a > spelling error but > that the correct name would at least be something > similar. But no! On > her death record her husband gives her father's name > as John KUSC, and > her mother's maiden name as Tesia (?) MARQUADT. Is > MARQUADT a German > name? It almost sounds a bit French to me. And how > does one get > BRUCHESCI from KUSC? I have to assume that the > information on the > death record is more accurate because it was > provided by her husband, > rather than one of her children. > > Thanks for any input or advice. > > Elaine O'. > in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks > > ------------------------------- > 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 accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. -Anatole France ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/