Great news! Tom Gannon Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> Sender: schleswig-holstein-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 08:32:39 To: <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist Yes, I have...a lot of the names overlap.  Regardless, you have found my Iowa family, lol.   :D - Kelly ________________________________ From: Sandra Tennyson <lnstennyson@att.net> To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 11:29:14 AM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist Have you tried www.familysearch.org?  There are 62 Magbier's listed.  Possibly one of the records will give you some clues.   Sandra   --- On Wed, 5/2/12, Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> wrote: From: Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 10:11 AM Hello.  One of my ancestors arrived in NY on Dec 12 1872 (ship - Westphalia).  He, his wife and their children eventually settled in Iowa.   Census records show a variety of locations as place of birth for various members of this family (Holstein; Schleswig; Prussia; Germany...probably all true ).    Worse, the surname is nearly unsearchable, e.g., Magbier.  Suggestions? ==== 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 SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message