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From: Joe Weber <>
Subject: Re: Spelling please; WURTENBERG, WURTENBERG ??
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 22:42:08 GMT


In article <>,
says...
>
>In article <> Frank Scharf <>
writes:
>> Need to go to the well of experience again the 1880 census had Frank
and
>> wife comming from Wertenberg or a variation of that. what is the
likely
>> correct spelling?
>
>Wuerttemberg or if you can do umlauts, W"urttemberg.
>
>It was a kingdom in southwestern Germany from 1815 until 1871. Before
>Napoleon it was a duchy. Its capital was Stuttgart.
>--
Whe the Aliies after WWII decided t re-do the map of Germany, it was
combined with Baden into the present state of Baden- Wuerttemburg

Joe Weber

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