Tyskland means Germany in Danish and Norwegian. I believe that this is also true in Swedish. Lars Kristiansen -----Original Message----- >From: Barbara Petura <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 11, 2008 7:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Tyskland > >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 <[email protected]> >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