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Re: Sharing Useful Tips: GERMANY and E. Europe
« Reply #30 on: Thursday 26 July 07 07:11 BST (UK) »
Hello Marilyn

Thaw = auftauen
Tau = dew

I've seen German names translated such as Kurz into Short, so this is a possibility.

Looked quickly on FamilySearch, a lot of "Taus", many Asian but there were a number in Germany and Holland.

Happy hunting
Gill
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Whitlow: Witton-cum-Twambrooks/Northwich
Owen: Cheshire
Pfisterer (Fisher): West Riding Yks 1850-1875
Fisher (Pfisterer): Des Moines, Iowa 1886-
Wallis: West Riding Yks/Des Moines, Iowa, 1892-
Heinzmann: Hull/Northwich
Pfisterer, Heinzmann, Baden-Württemberg
Brink: Kocherstetten B-W
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Re: Sharing Useful Tips: GERMANY and E. Europe
« Reply #31 on: Thursday 26 July 07 16:14 BST (UK) »
Well thats a surprise!  Thanks again, will take a look.  Smiley

All the best, Marilyn

ps - you're not caught up in all those nasty floods, are you?
       what a tragic time for all the folks involved...M
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BAIRD  - Kirkcudbright, Scotland
RAMSDEN - Lancashire, Yorkshire, England
SILCOCK, GREAVES, LORD, GREENALL - Lancashire, England
HOWELL - Stroud,Gloucestershire; Westminster,
Middlesex, England
COUSINS, DAVIES, KING - Westminster, Middlesex,
England
WALKER, ARCHER
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