Hi Vikki: Thanks for taking the time to do the Niepow lookup and sending the information to me. I certainly appreciate it. Unfortunately, I have none of the names you wrote of. I checked the given names also. I have not given up on this at this time. I have a old yellowed copy of a birth record written in German. The surname is not written as Niepow but more like the names you sent me. An individual that lives in Germany looked at this record and she said it is all written in old German and she couldn't read old German. Also, during the reign of Hitler old German was discontinued. She did say that she knew the last letters of the name did not end in po. So I feel that there might be a chance that the information you have uncovered may be my family. I have information Frederich William Niepow (1858-1941) b. in Silver Creek, NY., m Bertha Bierbaum b. in Pommern. You have a Frank & Otto Nenow that were born in Pommern. Are there any Bierbaum/Baerbaum's listed in the book that you have? Louisa Niepow, the ancestor I wrote of in my first email had 10 siblings, 6 born before her birth & 4 after. I have all of them as being born in Milwaukee but now feel that is incorrect & that some of the siblings were born in Granville also. Thanks again for your help. If you find any Bierbaum's I would appreciate knowing about them. Marcie

Marcie, Are you anywhere near a college or university with a German department? I'd suggest taking your certificate or a zerox of it to someone there, who would be very familiar with German Gothic handwriting. At the FEEFHS conference last weekend, one workshop on German Gothic turned up lots of information helpful to me or anyone else attempting to read old manuscripts from Europe. The lower-case h for instance looks to me like an f and comes above and below the line. The capital S looks like our capital L. It's almost entirely different from what I thought Gothic handwriting looked like and I did buy two primers on how to deal with it, after the presentation. I think you need an expert to read it to you, but that would be possible at your local college, or maybe the local German fraternal organization. Hang on, Ashley Spud-z wrote: > Hi Vikki: > Thanks for taking the time to do the Niepow lookup and sending the information to me. I certainly appreciate it. > > Unfortunately, I have none of the names you wrote of. I checked the given names also. I have not given up on this at this time. I have a old yellowed copy of a birth record written in German. The surname is not written as Niepow but more like the names you sent me. An individual that lives in Germany looked at this record and she said it is all written in old German and she couldn't read old German. Also, during the reign of Hitler old German was discontinued. She did say that she knew the last letters of the name did not end in po. So I feel that there might be a chance that the information you have uncovered may be my family. > > I have information Frederich William Niepow (1858-1941) b. in Silver Creek, NY., m Bertha Bierbaum b. in Pommern. You have a Frank & Otto Nenow that were born in Pommern. Are there any Bierbaum/Baerbaum's listed in the book that you have? > > Louisa Niepow, the ancestor I wrote of in my first email had 10 siblings, 6 born before her birth & 4 after. I have all of them as being born in Milwaukee but now feel that is incorrect & that some of the siblings were born in Granville also. > > Thanks again for your help. If you find any Bierbaum's I would appreciate knowing about them. > > Marcie > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Hi Ashley I'm back, sorry it took so long to get back to you. I appreciate your suggestion and will find someone that can do the translation. I have dates that correspond with the dates on the letter so that helps somewhat. Appreciate your help. Thanks, Marcie ----- Original Message ----- From: Ashley Tiwara <grubisic@netwurx.net> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Re: Niepow - Granville > Marcie, > Are you anywhere near a college or university with a German department? I'd suggest taking your certificate or a zerox of it to someone there, who would be very familiar with German Gothic handwriting. > At the FEEFHS conference last weekend, one workshop on German Gothic turned up lots of information helpful to me or anyone else attempting to read old manuscripts from Europe. The lower-case h for instance looks to me like an f and comes above and below the line. The capital S looks like our capital L. It's almost entirely different from what I thought Gothic handwriting looked like and I did buy two primers on how to deal with it, after the presentation. > I think you need an expert to read it to you, but that would be possible at your local college, or maybe the local German fraternal organization. > > Hang on, > Ashley > > Spud-z wrote: > > > Hi Vikki: > > Thanks for taking the time to do the Niepow lookup and sending the information to me. I certainly appreciate it. > > > > Unfortunately, I have none of the names you wrote of. I checked the given names also. I have not given up on this at this time. I have a old yellowed copy of a birth record written in German. The surname is not written as Niepow but more like the names you sent me. An individual that lives in Germany looked at this record and she said it is all written in old German and she couldn't read old German. Also, during the reign of Hitler old German was discontinued. She did say that she knew the last letters of the name did not end in po. So I feel that there might be a chance that the information you have uncovered may be my family. > > > > I have information Frederich William Niepow (1858-1941) b. in Silver Creek, NY., m Bertha Bierbaum b. in Pommern. You have a Frank & Otto Nenow that were born in Pommern. Are there any Bierbaum/Baerbaum's listed in the book that you have? > > > > Louisa Niepow, the ancestor I wrote of in my first email had 10 siblings, 6 born before her birth & 4 after. I have all of them as being born in Milwaukee but now feel that is incorrect & that some of the siblings were born in Granville also. > > > > Thanks again for your help. If you find any Bierbaum's I would appreciate knowing about them. > > > > Marcie > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >