Hi Ingolf-- Thanks very much. Interestingly, when some with that name came to the U.S. they changed the "J" to "Y" to be consistent with English phonetics. Ed Beuchert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ingolf Vogel" <vogeling@freenet.de> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Jaufmann info > Hello, > > I would tend to believe that Jaufmann ist a Bohemian version of > Kaufmann/Gaufmann. Before ca. 1800 the "j" was often written "g" (e.g. my > ancestors Soya/Soja had their name written "Soga" at times; the town called > Jicin/Jitschin is also called Gitschin etc.) > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Beuchert" <ewb@cloud9.net> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:34 PM > Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Jaufmann info > > > > I would appreciate any information that could be supplied about the name > > Jaufmann. It is quite rare in Germany and the family appears to have come > > from Bohemia. Thanks > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 >