Hello All, I have a Friend here in our Small Town from Germany who helps me with my Steffen/ Steffan/Stephan German Research. What she told me is that the Germans pronounce their 'FF's with a 'V' sound - thus the Stephen -Steven or Stephens-Stevens spelling You see in a lot of US Civil records. IN my German Research I have found the Spelling Stephan/Steffan/Steffen in the same Family Line. I thought initially that my G/grandfather Adam Stephan was illiterate and couldn't read or write, but a cousin in Germany ( we are both descended from Johan Philip Stephan 0f 1681) told me that the Local German Rulers made sure the children could do so. IN US REcords I have found Steffon, Stephan, Stephens, Stevens all in the Same Family line - so don't Ignore the various spellings as I did for years. Turns out a Christ Stephens in 1900 Pennsylvania Census Records was my Grandfather - Joseph Stevens brother !! I am interested in Comparing notes with Other Steffen (ect) researchers as I have Located nearly Two Dozen Cousin's & Siblings of my G/grandfather Adam Stephan/Steffan b.1813 in Lamperthiem,Hesse - what is now Country of Germany. I have located these individuals in Ohio, Missouri, Penns, & California. My brother & I Have traced our Steffan/Steffen line back to a Nicholaus Stephan of 1590 in Heppenhiem,Bergstrasse, Hesse - Germany and collateral Families. I have a Large Chart of His 6 son's & most of their Decendents. Look forward to your reply - genofifty@hotmail.com 0r genofifty@gmail.com Thx, Geno (Steffen)Stevens ----Original Message Follows---- From: "J walker" <jwnorfolk@gmail.com> Reply-To: steffen@rootsweb.com To: STEFFEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [STEFFEN] Nationality Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:02:50 -0500 To All; Of what nationality did the Steffen Family descend from? Is the surname of French or German deriviative? How was it pronounced originally? Thanks, Jennie

Gino.. We have a Steffin and a Stephan in our Stephens-Stevens men's DNA testing project. Scroll to the bottom of this page and wait for the results to be loaded. http://tinyurl.com/hqkv9 Look for number 50851 and 50852 in the R1b1 (violet color) haplogroup. Bill -----Original Message----- From: stevens-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:stevens-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Gene Stevens Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:14 AM To: steffen@rootsweb.com; stephan@rootsweb.com; stevens@rootsweb.com; steven@rootsweb.com; stefan@rootsweb.com Cc: jwnorfolk@gmail.com Subject: Re: [STEVENS] [STEFFEN] Nationality Hello All, I have a Friend here in our Small Town from Germany who helps me with my Steffen/ Steffan/Stephan German Research. What she told me is that the Germans pronounce their 'FF's with a 'V' sound - thus the Stephen -Steven or Stephens-Stevens spelling You see in a lot of US Civil records. IN my German Research I have found the Spelling Stephan/Steffan/Steffen in the same Family Line. I thought initially that my G/grandfather Adam Stephan was illiterate and couldn't read or write, but a cousin in Germany ( we are both descended from Johan Philip Stephan 0f 1681) told me that the Local German Rulers made sure the children could do so. IN US REcords I have found Steffon, Stephan, Stephens, Stevens all in the Same Family line - so don't Ignore the various spellings as I did for years. Turns out a Christ Stephens in 1900 Pennsylvania Census Records was my Grandfather - Joseph Stevens brother !! I am interested in Comparing notes with Other Steffen (ect) researchers as I have Located nearly Two Dozen Cousin's & Siblings of my G/grandfather Adam Stephan/Steffan b.1813 in Lamperthiem,Hesse - what is now Country of Germany. I have located these individuals in Ohio, Missouri, Penns, & California. My brother & I Have traced our Steffan/Steffen line back to a Nicholaus Stephan of 1590 in Heppenhiem,Bergstrasse, Hesse - Germany and collateral Families. I have a Large Chart of His 6 son's & most of their Decendents. Look forward to your reply - genofifty@hotmail.com 0r genofifty@gmail.com Thx, Geno (Steffen)Stevens ----Original Message Follows---- From: "J walker" <jwnorfolk@gmail.com> Reply-To: steffen@rootsweb.com To: STEFFEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [STEFFEN] Nationality Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:02:50 -0500 To All; Of what nationality did the Steffen Family descend from? Is the surname of French or German deriviative? How was it pronounced originally? Thanks, Jennie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEVENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello groups , AND , This is Genos` brother , Phil Stevens ( aka Phillipp Steffon ) Who has Extracted 99 % of the people with the surname St***** from the LDS film of those Lampertheim records , Finding that less than 20 % of them are CURRENTLY in the IGI , If you believe that you will find your people in the IGI , Think again !!!!! , Phil ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [STEFFEN] Nationality > Hello All, > I have a Friend here in our Small Town from Germany who helps me with my > Steffen/ Steffan/Stephan German Research. What she told me is that the > Germans pronounce their 'FF's with a 'V' sound - thus the Stephen -Steven or > Stephens-Stevens spelling You see in a lot of US Civil records. IN my > German Research I have found the Spelling Stephan/Steffan/Steffen in the > same Family Line. I thought initially that my G/grandfather Adam Stephan was > illiterate and couldn't read or write, but a cousin in Germany ( we are both > descended from Johan Philip Stephan 0f 1681) told me that the Local German > Rulers made sure the children could do so. IN US REcords I have found > Steffon, Stephan, Stephens, Stevens all in the Same Family line - so don't > Ignore the various spellings as I did for years. Turns out a Christ Stephens > in 1900 Pennsylvania Census Records was my Grandfather - Joseph Stevens > brother !! > I am interested in Comparing notes with Other Steffen (ect) researchers as I > have Located nearly Two Dozen Cousin's & Siblings of my G/grandfather Adam > Stephan/Steffan b.1813 in Lamperthiem,Hesse - what is now Country of > Germany. I have located these individuals in Ohio, Missouri, Penns, & > California. My brother & I Have traced our Steffan/Steffen line back to a > Nicholaus Stephan of 1590 in Heppenhiem,Bergstrasse, Hesse - Germany and > collateral Families. I have a Large Chart of His 6 son's & most of their > Decendents. > Look forward to your reply - genofifty@hotmail.com 0r genofifty@gmail.com > > > > Thx, > Geno (Steffen)Stevens > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "J walker" <jwnorfolk@gmail.com> > Reply-To: steffen@rootsweb.com > To: STEFFEN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STEFFEN] Nationality > Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:02:50 -0500 > > To All; > > Of what nationality did the Steffen Family descend from? Is the surname of > French or German deriviative? How was it pronounced originally? > > Thanks, > Jennie > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEFFEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message