NO SHE WAS A GERMAN BORN IN DARMSTADT, GERMANY >> >> ---- "Mary R. Frank" <mrfrank@uwm.edu> wrote: >>> Here is a good website for checking words and phrases (from German to >>> English or vice versa): http://dict.leo.org/ >>> Click on the "English Version" link that is a in the upper left corner >>> (a couple lines below the little English and German flags). >>> >>> >>> >>> joe.sandy@comcast.net wrote: >>> > THANK YOU JOHN, >>> > I have been lost when I go into the German web sites. Can't speaka the >>> > language. Very few give you the choice of English. >>> > My g g grandmother Maria Lynn was born in Darmstadt, Germany and I >>> > haven't a >>> > clue as to how to find her there. Other than to hire a professional >>> > (which I >>> > can't afford). So have been piecing my Christ family together bit by >>> > bit >>> > since the 70's. Wonder if they have census's like ours there and if I >>> > would >>> > be wasting my time ordering one as it would of course be in German. >>> > But have been wondering if Lynn had been changed from some German >>> > version >>> > and now I know that there were other spellings for it. >>> > Sandy >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "John" <circlescape@gmail.com> >>> > To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:09 AM >>> > Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Question re german translators on this list >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> Hi Sandy- >>> >> >>> >> I don't have any credentials that would enable me to give you as >>> >> accurate >>> >> an >>> >> answer as you'd like but maybe I can help a bit. >>> >> >>> >> I typed in the name LYNN and location Germany at familysearch.org, >>> >> the >>> >> Mormon Genealogy search site. The most common forms of the name that >>> >> came >>> >> back were; LINN, LIND, LINDE and LINDT. There were a couple instances >>> >> of >>> >> LYNN and LYNDE. >>> >> >>> >> Using the letter "I" in a surname spelling would be far more common >>> >> than >>> >> using the letter "Y". That is just my conclusion from many years of >>> >> German >>> >> family research. >>> >> >>> >> If you go to RootsWeb and check out their German Mail Lists, you will >>> >> see >>> >> some ideal groups to join where you may be better off joining and >>> >> asking >>> >> the >>> >> same question. I see there is one such group named German Surnames. >>> >> That >>> >> looks like it would be a great start. >>> >> >>> >> If you do find out anything interesting, would you please share it? >>> >> I'd be >>> >> interested in hearing what you may learn. >>> >> >>> >> SISU! >>> >> John in Racine WI >>> >> >>> >> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:58:21 -0800 >>> >> >>> >>> From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> >>> >>> Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Question re german translators on this list >>> >>> To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> >>> >>> Message-ID: <02dc01c73439$47a05aa0$0300a8c0@Accounting> >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >>> >>> reply-type=original >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like to know if Lynn could possibly be a German last name? >>> >>> If > >>> >>> so >>> >>> I >>> >>> wonder how it would be spelled as I'm wondering if Lynn isn't an >>> >>> Americanization. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sandy P >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> >> WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message