Hello Eric Thank you for this. Yes this family who travelled on the "Humbolt" is mine. I have found a place called Neuenkirchen, Ditm. which may be the other corrupted name, but can't locate a place of that name near Bredstedt. What I need is a detailed map. Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Kopittke" <kopittke@tpg.com.au> To: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [S-H-RTS] Place names: Newentkarken and Breadlacht in Holstein > Hello Jennifer, > > I note that the JÜRGENSEN family who emigrated by the "Humboldt" from > Hamburg to Brisbane in 1870 were recorded as being from W. Langenhorn > in Schleswig. Langenhorn is about 7 km north of Bredstedt. It is quite > likely that the places recorded on the certificates are corrupted forms > of some of the places in the Langenhorn/Bredstedt district. > > All the best > > Eric Kopittke > > > > From: "Jennifer Crockett" <jcrockett@optusnet.com.au> > > Date: Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:49:32 PM US/Pacific > > To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [S-H-RTS] Place names: Newentkarken and Breadlacht in Holstein > > > > > > I have a relative Anna JURGENSEN (nee WENCK) who came to Australia in > > 1870. > > > > Her death certificate gives her place of birth as Newentkarken, > > Holstein. Another source gives her birthplace as Breadlacht in > > Holstein. She was born 3 April 1838. > > > > Can anyone shed any light on these place names, obviously corrupted in > > English? > > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > >

try: http://www.nordplatz.de/ http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker/loctown.HTM Gruß Klaus www.Riecken-online.de ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Crockett" <jcrockett@optusnet.com.au> To: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:54 AM Subject: Re: [S-H-RTS] Place names: Newentkarken and Breadlacht in Holstein > Hello Eric > > Thank you for this. Yes this family who travelled on the "Humbolt" is mine. > I have found a place called Neuenkirchen, Ditm. which may be the other > corrupted name, but can't locate a place of that name near Bredstedt. What I > need is a detailed map. > > Jennifer > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Kopittke" <kopittke@tpg.com.au> > To: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:54 PM > Subject: Re: [S-H-RTS] Place names: Newentkarken and Breadlacht in Holstein > > > > Hello Jennifer, > > > > I note that the JÜRGENSEN family who emigrated by the "Humboldt" from > > Hamburg to Brisbane in 1870 were recorded as being from W. Langenhorn > > in Schleswig. Langenhorn is about 7 km north of Bredstedt. It is quite > > likely that the places recorded on the certificates are corrupted forms > > of some of the places in the Langenhorn/Bredstedt district. > > > > All the best > > > > Eric Kopittke > > > > > > From: "Jennifer Crockett" <jcrockett@optusnet.com.au> > > > Date: Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:49:32 PM US/Pacific > > > To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [S-H-RTS] Place names: Newentkarken and Breadlacht in Holstein > > > > > > > > > I have a relative Anna JURGENSEN (nee WENCK) who came to Australia in > > > 1870. > > > > > > Her death certificate gives her place of birth as Newentkarken, > > > Holstein. Another source gives her birthplace as Breadlacht in > > > Holstein. She was born 3 April 1838. > > > > > > Can anyone shed any light on these place names, obviously corrupted in > > > English? > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > > > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Eine Erklaerung von Fachbegriffen und die Regeln der SH-ROOTS finden Sie hier: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/regeln.htm >