Hello all,
a very big "Thank You" goes to our transcribers and proofreaders
of passenger lists !!
Thanks to them we were able to add another 21 ships with almost 3,000 passengers to our database !!
Want to take a look ??
http://www.germanyroots.com/ships/shiplist.php?lan=en
you all have a nice weekend,
Wolf
Ah, success!
To all who try -- on my computer, at least, if I click on a ship I only get a few passengers (some A surnames). Above on the left is a "Show all passengers" link, which brings up all of them from A to Z; or, one can click on the first letter of the name. For me, since I'm searching for more than one, it's easier to glance down the list.
Wolf, am I correct that we need to try each ship? There is not a site-wide search feature, correct? (which is fine--I just don't want to reinvent the wheel if it has already been done).
Thank you!
nancy
Hi Nancy,
Nancy & Ted wrote:
Ah, success!
Sounds good !!
To all who try -- on my computer, at least, if I click on a ship I only get a few passengers (some A surnames).
Yes, it starts with the letter "A".. If a voyage has less than 100 passengers it should show the whole passenger list..
Wolf, am I correct that we need to try each ship? There is not a site-wide search feature, correct?
Not really.. If you are looking for a certain surname, you should go to our Ancestors Database, where ALL persons are listed..
http://www.germanyroots.com/Ancestors_Database
Good luck and let me know whenever you think of any improvements..
Wolf
Hello,
One of my ancestors had the surname of LETZY.
Her 1910 census record mentions that her father
was German.
What little German name experience I have had
has dealt only with the some 100 different spellings
of the KOHLER surname, as it was spelled when
the people immigrated into the US.
Does anyone here happen know of various American
spellings for the LETZY surname? ...or any idea what
the Germanic spelling might have been?
Leslie (Bridges) Kohler
Hello Leslie,
if you had so much information about the name Kohler, which would be Koehler or rather
the 'o' with the Umlauts (two dots) above it, you will know that it comes form the name of an
old artisan trade. The Koehler, the man who in the forest would make coal from wood by a
slow burning process. Only just a few of them left who keep up the tradition for historical
purposes.
The Koehler also made the 'Hillebillen' a wooden instrument with which to raise alarm or send
information. I often thought the American 'Hillbilly' might have to do with this.
Also the current president of the Federal Republic of Germany is called Koehler
(Horst Koehler).
24 Jul 2009 at 1:47, Gary / Leslie KOHLER wrote:
Hello,
One of my ancestors had the surname of LETZY.
Her 1910 census record mentions that her father
was German.What little German name experience I have had
has dealt only with the some 100 different spellings
of the KOHLER surname, as it was spelled when
the people immigrated into the US.
Suppose they would soon do without the Umlaut realizing this is not known in the English
language.
Does anyone here happen know of various American
spellings for the LETZY surname? ...or any idea what
the Germanic spelling might have been?
No idea but just a slight feeling that the name originally may have been Letzky, with a 'k'
rather than Letzy. That way it sounds much more German, or even Polish as most of the
'ki' and 'ky' ending names originate from Poland, although having been in use in Germany for
ever such a long time. Polish people came to Germany as miners, and agricultural workers for
the annual harvest mostly in the eastern German provinces for hundreds of years.
That means that your people could have well been German with an ancient Polish origin.
Not much help, I know - just a thought or two.
Ingrid
There may be spelling variations in Germany.
The 'LETZY' LOOKS like it is an American phonetic spelling.
Try LETSIE. I know a family by that spelling in the USA.
Leslie First you have been asking this question since at least 1997 as
indicated by the pages I found using Google, However most these hits
are due to your signature file where you spell out all the surnames you are
researching. If you want to have such a signature file ,which many
experienced listers do not recommend; spell your surnames like
L*e*t*s*k*y or L e t s k y, so the search engines will not find them.
Second, see the suggestions I have sent in a separate message. Repost
your query giving more information about what you have for her. Given name
, married or single,religion, where she lived in 1910, age etc, date of
immigration etc.
Third have you looked for her passenger arrival record Without
knowing where she was in 1910 I. won't suggest any places to look.
Fourth, have you Googled "Given name Letsky"|"Letsky given name"?
Fifth Searching for Letsky on Family search I found one submitted IGI
record that had a woman surname Letsky whose parents were named Leutsky.
I cannot find that record again but there is an extracted IGI record for
a JOHANN ALBRECHT LETSKY who married in 1771.
Sixth have you searched an on-line German telephone directory for Letsky?
Last you should not need the Reply To: field in you webmail accounts filled
in unless you are sending mail from one address and want the mail to go to
another address.
bob gillis
y / Leslie KOHLER wrote: