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From: Anne Hetherington <>
Subject: RE: Interpretation please
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:00:47 +1000

My family certainly changed z to s - Friedrich Zeller became Fred Sellers
within a few years of coming to Australia. Anne

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> On my grandfathers marriage certificate his birth place was given as"
> Wumbah" Germany, on the application for his grave his wife wrote"Elmone"
> Germany, Is it possible to find these towns in Germany just by this
> spelling, Or is my research doomed from the start ? My grandfather was
> born about 1883 in Germany . also was it common for germans to change z to
> s when they arrived in Australia. Hoping someone out there can help me.
> Many thanks
> Fay
>
> Brisbane
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