Why a disappointment? ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:25 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > No burden. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure who is more disappointed > when I can't find a name, me or the person who asked. <G> > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > > > > > > >>You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more > >>obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those > >>from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. > >>Barbara > >> > >>roland elliott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, > >>>Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 > >>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > >>>>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). > >>>>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > >>>>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > >>>>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > >>>>correct in the new surroundings. > >>>>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > >>>>Barbara > >>>> > >>>>Mary Scott wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do > >>> > >>> > >correspond > > > > > >>>with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; > >>>some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said > >>> > >>> > >they > > > > > >>>came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>Any help would be appreciated. > >>>>>Mary > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>============================== > >>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >records, > > > > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>go to: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>============================== > >>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >>>> > >>>> > >records, > > > > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>go to: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>============================== > >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >>> > >>> > >go to: > > > > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Because I would like to find the names I'm looking for and when they aren't in any of my books I am, indeed, disappointed. roland elliott wrote: >Why a disappointment? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:25 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>No burden. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure who is more disappointed >>when I can't find a name, me or the person who asked. <G> >>Barbara >> >>roland elliott wrote: >> >> >> >>>I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 >>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more >>>>obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those >>>> >>>> >>>>from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. >>> >>> >>>>Barbara >>>> >>>>roland elliott wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >>>>>Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >>>>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >>>>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>>>>>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>>>>>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>>>>>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came >>>>>> >>>>>> >of > > >>>>>>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the >>>>>> >>>>>> >pronunciation > > >>>>>>correct in the new surroundings. >>>>>>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>>>>>Barbara >>>>>> >>>>>>Mary Scott wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >be? > > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>correspond >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same >>>>> >>>>> >there; > > >>>>>some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>they >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>>>Mary >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>============================== >>>>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>records, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>go to: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>============================== >>>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>records, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>go to: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>============================== >>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>> >>>>> >records, > > >>>>> >>>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>============================== >>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>> >>>> >records, > > >>>> >>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >