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From: Ilse Flick <>
Subject: Re: Spelling please; WURTENBERG, WURTENBERG ??
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 10:33:59 -0500


Jim Eggert x6127 wrote:
>
> 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.
> --
> =Jim Eggert

You mean capitol don't you?

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