Re: Need Help with Names
-
In reply to:
Need Help with Names
5/10/01
That's quite a disparity of spelling!You might post this question to the Baden Wuerttemburg list at Rootsweb.
[email protected]
I think you have to subscribe first, but that's easy to do.There are people there who know a whole lot about Baden and Wuertt. surnames and they might be able to help you.It would help, probably, to have an understanding of how you think the name sounded.
Also, Baden-Baden is a small town in Baden, a VERY small town.Most of us confuse Baden-Baden with the province of Baden, or the old Margravate of Baden-Baden, which was the Catholic margravate.Depending on when your ancestors came, they may hve come from Baden-Baden (the margravate) or Baden-Durlach (protestant margravate), or indeed the spa resort, which has been known by that name since some time in the last century, I think (20th).
If you just say "Baden" surnames in your request to the list, you probably won't get this lecture again.:)
See post #335 for fuller explanation.
Ruth