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From: Paul Rakow <>
Subject: Re: FRIEDEMANN;DEU;1880-
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 17:40:44 +0200


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Andrew Friedemann <> wrote:-

>My Grandfather emigrated to South Africa from Bremen, Germany around the turn of the c
>entury. His name was Paul Friedemann or Carl Paul Ludwig Friedemann. I know he was in
>South Africa in 1902. He was born about 1881 or 1883.
>
>His father was Carl Friedrich Ludwig (Louis) Friedemann (my Great Grandfather) who was
> married to Helena. He was born in a town which according to records we have found loo
>ks like 'Wiede am Hurz, Germany', But the handwriting is not very legible.

Andrew,

You've learnt very quickly, this was a good posting with lots of dates
and places in it.

I think this may be the village you should be looking at - Wieda in
the Harz:-

Wieda
GKZ : 03 1 56 013
County : | | +---- Osterode Harz {OHA}
RegBez : | +------- Braunschweig
Land : +--------- Niedersachsen
ZIP : 37447
Popul : 1600
Locat : 51d38m N 10d35m E
Maps : TK25 4329 Zorge
TK50 L4328 Bad Lauterberg im Harz
Euro Ld39

I got this from Arthur Teschler's GEO service, which is good at
finding towns in present-day Germany. For instructions send a message to

with the single word
INFO
in the message body.

Good luck with your search,
Paul Rakow

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