Dear Margareth, > ---------- > Von: Mml45@aol.com[SMTP:Mml45@aol.com] > Gesendet: Montag, 22. November 1999 02:39 > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Re: [SWITZ] Canton AG village: Vordemwald > > Hi All, > > Can any one tell me where to find the village of Vordemwald? I > found Rosine > Wodtli married Jakob WEBER in 1869. I think Rosine has origin > of > Vordemwald. There could be another village along with Vordemwald > also > but I can't read the name at all. In the surnme list for > Switzerland It lists under Wodtli name for origin this way > AG Vordemwald* a > Now I understand everything except the * after the village.. > Does anyone know some facts about the * or the village of Vordemwald > ? > > Thank you so much for your time and help. > Margaret in Maryland > Wodtli is mentioned in Familiennamenbuch for only a single location : "NE Le Locle 1925 (Oftringen AG)". This means that the family was granted citizenship in 1925; the family originated from Oftringen. Now Oftringen isn't listed for Wodtli - but Woodtli : obviously this is the same family, but one branch changed spelling. Woodtli hold citizenship in several AG locations - incl. Vordemwald, since prior to 1800 (indicated by "a") - but there is no asterisk in Familiennamenbuch - and none in the SSD database either (at least not just now) ! If it ever was there, it would have been a typo which had been corrected in the meantime (data are entered by humans - so you'll have to cope with the occasional typo ;-)). If you got this information somewhere else, you would have to enquire there what the * is supposed to indicate. An * is used in Familiennamenbuch to indicate special circumstances in gaining citizenship - but is only _after_ the year of citizenship, never after the place name. Vordemwald is just East of Zofingen, South of Olten; on a road map look for the junction of motorways 1 and 2. I hope this clarifies the situation, and send my best regards - Wolf ---------------------- Wolf W. Seelentag, PhD, e-mail : wolf@swissmail.com Reherstr. 19, CH - 9016 St. Gallen, Switzerland Tel (home) : +41-71-2885121 Fax : +49-89-2443-91987 Tel (work) : +41-71-4942233