Bob: The name Sidler occurs in Basel/Switzerland. The name Alex is an abreviation of Alexander, quite common in German speaking countries Good Luck Roger M. Eckoldt Bnestruck@aol.com wrote: > Re: SETTLER Sarah; DEU > Baltimore, MD,USA; 1861 > > Susan, > I apologize for posting this on the open forum, but I could not get thru on > you personal address, norlight.net kept kicking it back! Take care, > > Bob Nestruck > > > Hi Susan, > Thanks so much for your information on the name Settler! I did not give a > specific site in Germany because, as of yet, I do not know what city to > specify. Your list of names has a familiar ring. Sarah and her husband Johann > Böhnlein had 6 children. I have 5 baptismal records with 5 different > spellings for Sarah's last name. In fact, on one, the Priest nearly failed to > record her name. He left a scribble where her last name should have been. I > have Sittler, Sidly, Sitzler and only on my Grandmother's record was the name > Sarah Settler recorded. I failed to get a copy of the last record. I'll pick > it up next time I am at the archives, but I remember her name being recorded > as Cecelia Sidnez! I think the priest was trying to fill out the baptismal > record from memory. My Great-Grandfather was Catholic, but Sarah was not, so > he probably thought it did not matter. > > The Czech/Austria/Hungary angle is interesting. On Sarah's deather > certificate her oldest son, as informant, gave her father's first name as > Alex. This didn't sound like a traditional German name, so it sounds like > that might be the area to check into. > > If I can pry a little. Could you tell me what religion your Grandfather's > first wife was? I am trying to trace thru Church records, because we lost a > lot of civil records in 1904..Most of downtown Baltimore burned to the > ground, including City Hall. So we are having trouble getting Birth > Certificates and the like. I certainly will share with you any info I find. I > will add you into my address book with the reminder of Settler. Take care, > Thanks again! > > Bob Nestruck > > Bnestruck@aol.com Roger Eckoldt <urchinholdings@ns.sympatico.ca>