Lohe, Amt Sahte ...rland?

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" and his
birthplace is given, although the handwriting is difficult to read for
some of it: it is Lohe, Amt Sahte"

I would be most thankful if someone could tell me what "Lohe, Amt Sahte" is
translated.

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Georgia Nuehring Bruns

Perhaps only just one more speculation, but I found in an older Postcode-book with just the elderly post-codes (only four numbers, today five) a place named SATERLAND with the number W-2915 and one of the different places LOHE as "LOHE b. Westerstede = W-2914 BARßEL". That means in other words, there is a place named LOHE nearby WESTERSTEDE having become part of the place 2914 BARßEL, which is in the very neighbourhood of 2915 SATERLAND. Nowadays Postcodenrs are 26683 SATERLAND and 26676 BARßEL. The whole speculation is based upon the custom that one place in the region was taken to give a name to the administration unit "Amt" and of course that "Saterland" was shortened to "Sahte". If you get no better hint, this one maybe worth a concentration on "Lohe b. Westerstede". Perhaps someone other knows, if an "Amt" Saterland had been existent for a time.

Good Luck Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel

Hello,

     I have been searching around the areas of the various towns called Lohe
in my German atlas. Like Hans Peter, I found a town by the name Lohe
(which is a tiny little town southeast of Barssel - I haven't figured out
how to do the "ss" symbol). To the south-southwest of Barssel is an area
called Saterland. There are also other towns called Loher Westmark and Loher
Ostmark, an area called Loherwald and also Lohhorst.
    Do you have evidence that your family came from Hannover? Barssel was
not in Hannover, but in Oldenburg. Where they Catholic or Lutheran? You
will have to establish what that Sahte means since there are so many towns
by the name of Lohe. There are a number of LDS films on Catholic church
records in that area.

Barbara

Not only the s-zet (ß) but the entire range of what Microsoft called the
extended character set,
Is available to PC users by setting up what they call the Character Map as a
part of your taskbar.

You can do it simply. I use WIN-XP, but all versions of Windows are
similar: A) Go to start, all programs, accessories, system tools. Right
click on the Character Map and send it to the desktop as a shortcut. Then
you can drag the icon (looks like a 3D keyboard key)to your taskbar and it
is always there for you.

Dann können Sie alle die fremde Karakter machen. Öüäß, etc. It's also great
for adding all those "wingding" things to your letters, like scissors, 3D
boxes, etc. Makes stuff look so much more professional.

Good luck, all in writing German text like a typesetter.

Bob Thaden in Montana

You can also change your keyboard to fuction like a keyboard in other
countries. The keys actually become the new letters with the proper
character for each country. It is very easy to get used to. My husband even
noticed that the computer recognizes a switch to an international web site
and uses the correct country keyboard. I had to do this on my laptop which
had no seperate number pad. I could not enter the alt keys in family tree
maker.

On Windows XP go to the control panel. Click on Regional and Language
Options.
The window that pops up has 3 tabs - Regional Options, Languages and
Advanced. Advanced.
The top box says Languages for non-unicode programs. There is a box that
probably says English (United States) or whatever country you are in. Click
the arrow on the right and you will get a list of all the countries you can
add. Follow the directions in the windows as they pop up. Be sure to
reselect the original language before you leave the pop up window.

After you do this, Windows XP will have a small icon on the task bar. Mine
says EN. When I click on the EN icon a pop up window shows me that I can
switch my keyboard to German, Swedish or Dutch. It is very easy to get used
to and very easy to switch the computer back and forth between keyboard
languages.

Hope others find this helpful

Peg Oberbeck

Hi Peg:

Most laptops have a keypad, but it is seldom noticed. Usually there is an Fn key which, when pushed changes part of the keyboard into a neumerical keypad. The 7,8,9 remain the same numbers the u, i, o become 4, 5, 6 the j, k, l become 1, 2, 3 and m becomes 0. There are other keys which are activated when the Fn key is pushed. Sound off- on, volume, screen brightness, status, LCD/CRT, standby, pad lock, scroll lock, pause and break. P becomes multiplication, ; becomes subtraction, . becomes decimal and / becomes addition.

Gale