>Hi folks, >My ancestral lines have now taken me from the Nordic countries to Germany >where I hope I will be as successful as I was with the Swedes. "S". >My g-grandpa Leonard Therres, (Terres)? was born Oct 1857 in Fleicen, >Germany, as were his parents. He emigrated to the US in 1883, got married to >Mary Kerst and settled down in Mpls, Minnesota. I can't locate Leonard's >home, Fleicen, on any map. Does that mean the place never existed or has its >name changed for some reason? I have a soundex list of about 20 names of the >place so maybe the individual who gave me this name was mistaken about its >spelling. >I think I have two places that qualify, in terms of phonics, for Fleicen. >One is Freicen, Saarland and the other is Fliessem, in Rheinland-Pfalz. Can >anyone on the list help me solve this dilemma? >Thanks a lot for you time and effort dealing with this matter!!! >Ron >bigswede@compsurf.com