Probably French for a village somewhere in region of Trier. It will take some figuring to locate it. Some villages in the region had very French names during the French occupation of 1792-1814 and no one would know any difference until you check closely. W. David Samuelsen W. David Samuelsen Jean-Claude LACROIX wrote: > > I found a french paper about the dead of Catherine THOLMANN (or THOLLMANN ?) > daughter of Pierre Tholmann and Marie Fanck. > > This paper say that she was born in 1841, in "IESPANCA, province de Trèves > (Allemagne)". > > But I can't find this name (Iespanca). Somebody know this name ? > > Thanks. > > Cordialement, > > ********************************************************************** > Jean-Claude LACROIX CFA IFITEP > 4, place Jussieu > Case 232 > E-Mail : lacroix@cicrp.jussieu.fr 75252 Paris Cedex 05 > Tél. : 01 44 27 75 93 > 01 44 27 71 40 > Fax : 01 44 27 72 08 > > Web : http://www.ifitep.jussieu.fr > > ********************************************************************** > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 for Rootsweb? > Ask me why ... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com