Tyskland is Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, etc.) for "Germany" - hope this helps! Rob Westphal Barbara Petura <[email protected]> wrote: Oryl, When you search for Tyskland in Google, up come some pages in German -- and if you use the translate feature you see that the term Tyskland seems to be translated as Germany. I have never seen the term before, but if some of your family emigrated from Germany, that would be a reasonable conclusion. For example, here is a Web site with that word in the URL: http://www.tyskland-info.com/index_portal.html and when you visit it says Welcome to Germany. Best wishes, Barbara ----- Original Message ---- From: ORYL L FISCHER To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 5:23:02 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] (no subject) Recently found the Karl Fredrik Kristian Mahler family Tyskland. Could someone tell me where this is located? It is believed they immigrated to Sweden from Germany and Norway. Any help is appreciated. ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- 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

Thanks for the replies, very helpful indeed. ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Westphal<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Tyskland Tyskland is Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, etc.) for "Germany" - hope this helps! Rob Westphal Barbara Petura <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Oryl, When you search for Tyskland in Google, up come some pages in German -- and if you use the translate feature you see that the term Tyskland seems to be translated as Germany. I have never seen the term before, but if some of your family emigrated from Germany, that would be a reasonable conclusion. For example, here is a Web site with that word in the URL: http://www.tyskland-info.com/index_portal.html<http://www.tyskland-info.com/index_portal.html> and when you visit it says Welcome to Germany. Best wishes, Barbara ----- Original Message ---- From: ORYL L FISCHER To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 5:23:02 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] (no subject) Recently found the Karl Fredrik Kristian Mahler family Tyskland. Could someone tell me where this is located? It is believed they immigrated to Sweden from Germany and Norway. Any help is appreciated. ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm<http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm<http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message