I am ecstatic to have found the maiden name of my Augusta Schwertfeger from Sievershausen, Saxony, b 1842, died in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV in 1905!
At the new familysearch record site*, I was stunned to find a death record for her with this man listed as her father:
Carl Lehwergiger
Sieberskausen
I think this name, LEHWERGIGER must be mis-transcribed, because I can't find it anywhere. Can any of our German speakers guess what this might be? There are many errors of this nature at the site, I have found about 4 just today on my family (e.g. the town should be Sievershausen, my Tillie is listed as Lillie, my Groppe is listed as Gronne). It must be something fairly close to Lehwergiger, I hope!
Can anyone help me here?
Nancy
*(FamilySearch.org)
This site is adding more new records all of the time, so keep checking occasionally for your people. I had sent for a death record for this woman, but never got one, it was unfound, so this is a real surprise for me!