Hi I am looking for information on a Christopher Rund (Omlah) over the u. I
may have spelled the Omlah or Umplatt wrong :o) He last resided in Dackenheim,
Pfalz-Bayern. He was born abt. 1687 and died in 1770. His wife was Anna
Caterina ?. I am a decendent of his son, Johann Jacob Rund and Anna Magdolena
Staehler. He was born in 1738 and immigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1760s. Anna
Staehler's parents are believed to be Andreas Staehler and Maria Meyer. Would
appreciate any information on these families. Charles Round
Greetings,
I hope I can add to your effort. At least with regard to "Umlaut".
One of the peculiarities of immigrants is that they commonly don't bring/use
'formal' dialect of their language with them.
'Rund' is German for round. It might never be with an umlaut. For instance,
my last name of Mueller (or sometimes Muller) has the first 'e' substituted
for the missing umlaut normally associated, when so, with the 'u'. Umlauted
German letters are A,O,U. In ancient languages, I've even seen an umlauted
E, though possibly not correct.
Character accenture is common in many languages, and each language has it's
own rules.
Best...
Gene