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 > >