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=== Mystery Places === | === Mystery Places === | ||
Identifying German places of origin recorded in U.S. records can be challenging. Often checking a gazetteer or | Identifying German places of origin recorded in U.S. records can be challenging. Often checking a gazetteer or refererence book is not enough. It may be neccessary to study the history of a particular region and follow up on boundary- and place name changes. | ||
==== Examples of decoded mystery place names ==== | ==== Examples of decoded mystery place names ==== | ||
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*Baldange {from a U.S. citizenship record] = Buedingen in the Grand Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt [... dange" is a common French form of the German ending "...dingen"] | *Baldange {from a U.S. citizenship record] = Buedingen in the Grand Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt [... dange" is a common French form of the German ending "...dingen"] | ||
*Chattenbergen = Scharrachbergheim near Westhoffen, Alsace [Note the contraction "...bergen" vs - "...bergheim" | *Chattenbergen = Scharrachbergheim near Westhoffen, Alsace [Note the contraction "...bergen" vs - "...bergheim" | ||
*Stoppen in Holstein [U.S. church marriage record] = Stubben, Kreis Stormarn [vowel change plus hard/soft consonant] | *Stoppen in Holstein [U.S. church marriage record] = Stubben, Kreis Stormarn [vowel change plus hard/soft consonant] | ||
*Sanktmagelsdohn Holstein [parent's origin listed in a child's U.S. baptismal record] = Sankt Michaelisdonn, Holstein | *Sanktmagelsdohn Holstein [parent's origin listed in a child's U.S. baptismal record] = Sankt Michaelisdonn, Holstein | ||
*Weilinstadt [U.S. passenger list] = Weil (der Stadt) in Wuerttemberg | *Weilinstadt [U.S. passenger list] = Weil (der Stadt) in Wuerttemberg | ||
*Giengenheim, Hessen-D., or Gingenheim, Hessen [U.S. civil marriage record]= Gau-Koengernheim, Hessen [the reverse-sort index suggested Koengernheim. There were two towns by that name in Hessen- Darmstadt. A search in the online telephone book for the known surnames suggested that Gau-Koengernheim was the correct place, which was proven through subsequent research.] | *Giengenheim, Hessen-D., or Gingenheim, Hessen [U.S. civil marriage record]= Gau-Koengernheim, Hessen [the reverse-sort index suggested Koengernheim. There were two towns by that name in Hessen- Darmstadt. A search in the online telephone book for the known surnames suggested that Gau-Koengernheim was the correct place, which was proven through subsequent research.] | ||
*Giessingen [death record in Alsace] = Guinsing, Bettviller, Moselle | *Giessingen [death record in Alsace] = Guinsing, Bettviller, Moselle | ||
*Deux-Ponts = Zweibruecken in the Pfalz region [place name translated into French] | *Deux-Ponts = Zweibruecken in the Pfalz region [place name translated into French] | ||
*Conisone, Pommern = Nieder- or Obercomsow, Kreis Lauenburg, Pommern | *Conisone, Pommern = Nieder- or Obercomsow, Kreis Lauenburg, Pommern | ||
*Frohnhoppen, Thronhoppen, Fronhoffen etc. = Fronhofen | *Frohnhoppen, Thronhoppen, Fronhoffen etc. = Fronhofen | ||