Julia, you're most welcome! In order to get a reply to any queries you publish in FANA you don't have to do anything beyond including your name, address, and e-mail with your query, and the responses will come directly to you. Isn't a specific response what you're looking for? The responses will come from individuals who see your query in the publication, not from FANA itself, who is the publisher. I would keep your query brief, along the lines of: parents of x and x, married x, at x, (include all spellings you have) If there is some portion you're not positive about, just insert a (?) or christening of x, Catholic, x date in x place; a carpenter, given names It doesn't work to ask for "everything you have on the Schmidtenhausen family somewhere in Baden". You may find the mother lode, you may find one specific answer - either way, it's worth it to give it a shot, I think. And your query will be archived and available from publication on into the future. Your story of the evolution of Ewart - Evert - Everett is most interesting - and so true. It does pay to record all the spellings and varieties as they stand - we cannot "correct" them, and besides, I think it's much more interesting that way. There is still a stigma against people with Germanic names even today - I can tell you stories you would not believe. Also, recently met a lady who was done in by a census taker way back - surname Isinoggle - holy cow - that is supposed to be Eisenagel (iron nail)! Back to queries - if you do receive a response, be absolutely certain to send a thank-you of some kind. And if you receive mail from Europe, please do reimburse them for the copies and postage, which is very expensive there. (They cannot use US postage.) Do not send a personal check, however; the transfer fees eat up more than the amount of the check. There are lots of courtesies and protocols to be followed, which are amply described by Mr. Jensen and Dr. Watson, whose websites I cited. Bear in mind also, churches everywhere have been bombarded with a gazillion American genealogy requests - but their business is that of the church, not genealogy, so tread lightly and donate generously. There are companies here which will provide you with Euros (International Currency Express is one). And then you wait - sometimes this takes weeks, months, even years. Asking where the heck your ancestors' papers are after 6 months does not help your cause, especially with a church. On the other hand, you may receive a wonderful response from your FANA query within two weeks of the publication date, as I did, from a gentleman in Germany with a huge database. And that was before I was on line. Maureen Schoenky ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hello, MAUREEN ~ My poorly worded question was an attempt to ask about procuring previously answered queries listed in the index http://cefha.org/de/gi/fana/fana-idx.html. For example, the Meir-Ewert query is in Familienkundliche Nachrichten (FANA) Volume 10 issues #3, #4 and #5. Would it be worthwhile to order a copy of that volume to see what it says or a poor way to spend my money? Yours, Julia _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2

I have noted that too but your "subject" heading has got convoluted Ron Irvine Spaghettitree@aol.com wrote: Julia, you're most welcome! In order to get a reply to any queries you publish in FANA you don't have to do anything beyond including your name, address, and e-mail with your query, and the responses will come directly to you. Isn't a specific response what you're looking for? The responses will come from individuals who see your query in the publication, not from FANA itself, who is the publisher. I would keep your query brief, along the lines of: parents of x and x, married x, at x, (include all spellings you have) If there is some portion you're not positive about, just insert a (?) or christening of x, Catholic, x date in x place; a carpenter, given names It doesn't work to ask for "everything you have on the Schmidtenhausen family somewhere in Baden". You may find the mother lode, you may find one specific answer - either way, it's worth it to give it a shot, I think. And your query will be archived and available from publication on into the future. Your story of the evolution of Ewart - Evert - Everett is most interesting - and so true. It does pay to record all the spellings and varieties as they stand - we cannot "correct" them, and besides, I think it's much more interesting that way. There is still a stigma against people with Germanic names even today - I can tell you stories you would not believe. Also, recently met a lady who was done in by a census taker way back - surname Isinoggle - holy cow - that is supposed to be Eisenagel (iron nail)! Back to queries - if you do receive a response, be absolutely certain to send a thank-you of some kind. And if you receive mail from Europe, please do reimburse them for the copies and postage, which is very expensive there. (They cannot use US postage.) Do not send a personal check, however; the transfer fees eat up more than the amount of the check. There are lots of courtesies and protocols to be followed, which are amply described by Mr. Jensen and Dr. Watson, whose websites I cited. Bear in mind also, churches everywhere have been bombarded with a gazillion American genealogy requests - but their business is that of the church, not genealogy, so tread lightly and donate generously. There are companies here which will provide you with Euros (International Currency Express is one). And then you wait - sometimes this takes weeks, months, even years. Asking where the heck your ancestors' papers are after 6 months does not help your cause, especially with a church. On the other hand, you may receive a wonderful response from your FANA query within two weeks of the publication date, as I did, from a gentleman in Germany with a huge database. And that was before I was on line. Maureen Schoenky ************************************** See what's free 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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.

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