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Greeting Uwe,

When I look for a MAIN NAME in a family, I just put the Family Name appearing the first time in capital letters. The same procedure when I look for PLACE NAMENS.

I certainly agree the Family name should be in capital letters; but how do we distinguish between a FAMILY name or a PLACE name? So many family names are taken from place names. Could we distinguish the place name with quotes (") or something?

The following will also often get your query deleted. "Re: Contents of Genealogy.net-users-en digest..."

Carol in USA but ancestors from Germany.

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Carol, your remark is valid. I would prefer this solution:
...looking for the town of NEW YORK or reacherching Johann BUCHMACHER of
HAMBURG.
Any quesrions concerning German ancestors?
Rgds
Uwe G. from SANDKRUG near OLDENBURG in Niedersachsen.

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I have not been aware of anyone putting the town name in CAPS. To me that would add to the confusion.

Maria

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Maria, nothing is static - people can learn.
Rgds
Uwe G.
This remark is for your other email valid too.

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Dear Uwe,
You seem willing to help people with their questions, so I wonder if you (or other users of this site) can help me. I am trying to trace the geneaolgy of my great grandfather and grandmother who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio from Stuttgart, Wurtenberg in or about 1850. They are listed in the 1870 United States Census under the names of John and Sophia EDELMANN, ages 52 and 53 respectively. We have a family recollection, from my aunt that he was an architect in Germany, and that his middle names were Henry Michael. His son, my grandfather was named John Herrmann (or Hermann), and he is listed in the census as an architect already at 18. We know that to be correct. However, his father is listed in the census as a grocer. One thing I am trying to trace is whether among his ancestors in Germany there was an EDELMANN VON LILLIENTHAL, which is part of our family lore.
I would be grateful for any help you can provide.
John Arnold Edelman (my father dropped the second 'n' during WW1).

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My ggrandparents were born in Biern, so the 1880 Census says. Some census say Bayern, some say Bavaria & my Dad said Baden-Baden. Is there a connection to all these names & if so, what?
  Please help as I have hit a brick wall. May ggrandfather was George Sauer, no middle initial, & Barbara Neuburger, no middle initial either. Both sets of parents were also listed as being born in Biern.
  Help!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!!
  Jean Morris

  Maria, nothing is static - people can learn.
Rgds
Uwe G.
This remark is for your other email valid too.

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Meanwhile I found a emigration Database for Baden-Wuerttemberg - there are
3 Georg Sauer - no Barbara Neuburger

http://www.la-bw.de/auswanderer/

(on the right side you can choose english)

Datensatze: 1-3 von 3
  Vorname Name Emigr.jahr Erdteil Herkunftsort
       Georg Sauer 1884 Nordamerika Weinheim
       Georg Sauer 1884 Nordamerika Weinheim
       Georg Sauer 1851 Nordamerika Achern

The two first are to late to be mentioned in the 1880 Census - the last was
from Achern and
Achern is about 26 km from Baden-Baden. No Biern around.

Greetings
Christine

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Did you read this email from me? Not the words Help are important for us but
the the names you ere looking for...............

To all people in the lists...

Again and again I feel frustrated when I don't get an answer to my emails.
In a German list I found a very nice hint:

...CAPITALIZE always each FamilyName (not FirstName) appearing in your text
by the first time .....

...ie. Peter POMMERENING got married to Bertha Luise HOLLBERG. One son
immigrated to the USA. He married Jane MYERS of Oskosh, WI..
while Wilhelm Pommerening never immigrated......

Please ask yourself, whereto your eyes will focus when reading an email? The
answer is: to words VARYING FROM STANDARD, to a DIFFERENT or UNUSUAL
APPEARANCE. (Don't use colours, italics or bold face as not all users have
the ability).

In the lists there are lots of researchers receiving up to 100 emails a day.
Do you really beleave that they all read what you have put down, and if so,
do they than have time left to answer? I beleave not. Meanwhile I have
raised my hit rate extremly by using the above hint.

When I look for a MAIN NAME in a family, I just put the FamilyName appearing
the first time in capital letters. The same procedure when I look for PLACE
NAMENS.

I learned that some people in the USA use capitalization of names only if
they want to express if/that the person is something negative???....You may
explaine to me please. Here in Germany this does not apply and as I know in
other European countries neither. We are living in a global world and use
Internet therefor things should be done more professional helping all of us
in Europe, the U.S.A and R.O.W.

Let me hear about your view of this subject?

Rgds
Uwe G. (POMMERENING)

I search for POMMERENING, BRANDT, DONNER, DOERR.

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[GEN-EN] If one believes he is is getting no answers, this might
[GEN-EN] Warum erhalte ich so wenig Antworten...

The same topic in serveral lists and two languages is not really interesting
for days.

The people, who are willing to use the suggestions - fine ! And hopefully
they are able to cut away everything, that is not important for the answer -
especially those who get Digest-List-Mails.
The Rest will see, wether there are answers or not - but names in CAPS, are
no guaranty for a answer, when up to now nobody researched that name.

I think we should no longer dwell upon that subject.

But this list is first a adress to ask the "how to do" and not really to ask
for
special names - as I see it.

Have a nice day and good luck with your research
Christine

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Hi,

try this link using all tabs one after the other.
rgds
Uwe G.

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Hi John, here is the link,

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Uwe,

I used the link you provided below to search genealogy.net for a name. In
the results section under "born" it had Nikolsburg /CZ. Can you tell me
what CZ stands for? Is that Czechoslovakia?

Thanks.

LuAnn

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Yes! LuAnn,
today it is Czechoslovakia. Not so in earlier days. The area belonged to the
Hungarian-Austrian Kingdom and later partly to Prussia. Nikolsburg
(Castle)became famous in 1621 and 1866 when there was called out 'Peace of
Nikolsburg'.
Try this, although it is in German.

Google for Mikulov that is the town name today. It lies very close to the
Austrian border.

Rgds

Uwe G.

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CZ stands for Czechia, the Czech Republic, the
other part of former Czechoslovakia is called
Slowakia now.

Regards
Ingrid H.