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From: Celia E. Mitschelen < >
Subject: Re: City in Baden
Date: 1 Sep 1997 14:19:06 GMT


In <> jeastman
<> writes:
>
>
>Need help in finding a city in pre 1866 Germany. The name of the city
is
>'Epfenbarh, Baden'. This city is hand written on the baptismal
certificate of
>my grandfather, who was born in Norwalk, Ohio in 1868. The certificate
is in
>German even though it was printed in New York city. The hand written
portion
>contains the following for the mother of the child, my great
grandmother;
>'spouse Barbara nee Ernst from Epfenbarh, Baden'. The only
questionable
>letters are the 'p' and the 'r', all of the rest are very ledgable.
Also,
>there is a german term for 'nee' which i have used here. I can not
make out
>the complete speeling, however. The word appears to be: znborn--- ?
What is
>this term and how do you spell it?

The town is Epfenbach, it is southeast of Heidelberg.

The word you are looking for is: geboren meaning born. The old records
usually use: geb.

Celia

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