Hi - According to Hans Bahlow's Dictionary of German Names: Stabe (Hamburg) means Low German Stave (quite frequently in Hamburg), see Johan mit dem Stave. Staben (frequently in Hamburg) corresponds to place name Stavos in Mecklenburg, like Stabenow (Hamburg) besides Stavenow. You MIGHT also find it spelled sometimes as Stabenau. Maureen ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Thanks for the information. It gives me a place to at least start. Susan -----Original Message----- From: Spaghettitree@aol.com To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] STABENOW family Hi - According to Hans Bahlow's Dictionary of German Names: Stabe (Hamburg) means Low German Stave (quite frequently in Hamburg), see Johan mit dem Stave. Staben (frequently in Hamburg) corresponds to place name Stavos in Mecklenburg, like Stabenow (Hamburg) besides Stavenow. You MIGHT also find it spelled sometimes as Stabenau. Maureen ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.