Hello, Tammi: I appreciate your faith in me, but I do not think I can help you a lot. Maybe this bit of historic information may steer you in the right direction: In the famous battle at WATERLOO back in 1815 NAPOLEON was defeated by two armies. 1) The English/Dutch army under ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE of WELLINGTON, and 2) The Prussians (also called the Silesian Army) under Field Marshal GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON BLUECHER, PRINCE of WAHLSTATT. (His German nickname was Marschall "Vorwaerts" [Marshal "Forward"]). He was born in 1742 and died in 1819 on his estate at WAHLSTATT. WAHLSTATT is a small community of around 1000 people (1939 count) and is located in NIEDERSCHLESIEN, southeast of LIEGNITZ. Since 1945 it has been under Polish jurisdiction. Its Polish name is LEGNICKIE POLE, and it is located in powiat LEGNICA in SILESIA. (Powiat means district or "Kreis"). The Polish name for LIEGNITZ is LEGNICA. To make a short story long, Tammi, it is possible that your ancestors are from SILESIA, and the VON BLUECHER surname (plus the title PRINCE [or DUKE] of WAHLSTATT) indicates nobility. Field Marshal VON BLUECHER was a very famous German, and any real good encyclopedia or history book should be able to tell you more about him. If there is such a thing as a research/mailing list on SCHLESIEN (SILESIA) you may want to consider joining it! Good Luck! Karl-Heinz Becker -- Original Message ----- From: Tammi Clare <taclare@ionet.net> To: Karl H. Becker <khbecker@farmerstel.com>; <SURNAMES-GERMAN-M@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 6:50 AM Subject: Re: SCHELLHAMMER; DEU > IA,USA; 1850- > I am searching for the surname Von Blucher/Bluecher or Bluecher/Blucher. Not > sure where they are from in Germany. > Thanks > Tammi > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl H. Becker <khbecker@farmerstel.com> > Newsgroups: > soc.genealogy.surnames.german,soc.genealogy.surnames.usa,soc.genealogy.surna > mes.global > To: SURNAMES-GERMAN-M@rootsweb.com <SURNAMES-GERMAN-M@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:25 AM > Subject: Re: SCHELLHAMMER; DEU > IA,USA; 1850- > > > >Re: SCHELLHAMMER; DEU > IA,USA; 1850- > > > >Hello, Gayle: > > > >The town of ALFDORF is fairly close to TUEBINGEN, north-east of it. It is > >located just north of SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND. > > > >Good Luck! Karl-Heinz Becker > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <GJLIT425@aol.com> > >Newsgroups: > >soc.genealogy.surnames.german,soc.genealogy.surnames.usa,soc.genealogy.surn > a > >mes.global > >To: <SURNAMES-GERMAN-M@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 11:11 PM > >Subject: SCHELLHAMMER; DEU > IA,USA; 1850- > > > > > >> SCHELLHAMMER; DEU > IA,USA; 1850- > >> > >> --part1_45cc816a.246a7565_boundary > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >> > >> In a message dated 5/12/99 12:04:50 AM Mountain Daylight Time, GJLIT425 > >> writes: > >> > >> << Hello all. Does anyone know of a town in the area of Tubingen named > >> Alford or Alfdorf? If so, would you please tell me where I can find it > on > >> the Germany map. Thank you, Gayle