Another story on 'faith in the obituaries.' For 20 years I searched for Niederwiszdiesn Vedvar. It was in the obits for my ggrandfather and his sons. Right now I am pretty sure it is Niederwitz - near Wetzlar. Good Luck. Mary - Also, my gr grandfather's obituary contained his birth place. Usually you can find good obituary's from small town newspapers. each of these may have a low probability of yielding the information you

Hi Listmembers, Re the German names of towns and people in US records, even when they were recorded by German-speaking clergymen, they could be way off. In a marriage record for my gg-gm, it listed her mother's name as Lafli, and her birthplace as Conterfingen. After years of searching, I found out the name was actually Leveling, and the town was Gundelfingen (I found her baptismal record there). Close in pronunciation perhaps, but not close enough to find easily. You have to use a lot of imagination sometimes. Hope the New Year 2007 brings everyone success in their searches. Janet "Mary N. Hesser" <mhesser@uniontel.net> wrote: Another story on 'faith in the obituaries.' For 20 years I searched for Niederwiszdiesn Vedvar. It was in the obits for my ggrandfather and his sons. Right now I am pretty sure it is Niederwitz - near Wetzlar. Good Luck. Mary - Also, my gr grandfather's obituary contained his birth place. Usually you can find good obituary's from small town newspapers. each of these may have a low probability of yielding the information you __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com