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From: Dennis Nichols <>
Subject: Re: [GUS-REEB] Introduction Dennis J. Nichols
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:50:49 -0500
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At 8/28/2004 12:57 PM, John Reeb wrote:
>I should have already sent you some of the data, at least the lineage of
>the Friedrich Reeb who settled in Walworth County, Wisconsin. I will do
>that soon, I promise.

No hurry John. Like you, I have loads of data waiting to be entered. Of the
250 newspaper articles I found this summer, I've managed to enter only
about 1/4 of them so far.

>Also, I need to explain that this is my third attempt to respond to your
>post since each time for some reason each time I typed the names Ormingen
>and Voller and attempted to type the code which places the umlaut over the
>o, just hitting the alt key and the appropriate message simply deleted my work.

I can never remember how to do it with the Alt key. I always go to Start /
Accessories / System Tools / Character Map (this is on Windows 2000) to
retrieve special characters.

>Problem is Fischer is a much more common name in America than either
>Voeller or Reeb and in my experience one of the most difficult to work
>with to put together a family tree. Names like Simon, Jacob, George, and
>Christian Fischer or Fisher are not unique...

Yes, in addition to the Keskastel Reeb/Fischer connection in my mother's
family, I have Palatine Fischers in my father's family.

--
Dennis Nichols

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