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From: "Henning Boettcher" <>
Subject: Re: Surname spelling/pronounciation assistance please.
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:11:06 +0100


I didn't know the surname Ose until now (I myself am German). But now i have
seen more
than 50 (fifty) Ose in the German Phone-CD! So your script could mean the
surname Ose.
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Regards
Henning Boettcher
Switzerland

Michael Maxfield <> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
...
>
> A person contacted me some time back about a family of hers which she
> believes may have come from a village I am researching. Since I have
> the film for that village's church on indefinate loan at LDS, I offered
> to look for her lines. The only surname which came anywhere close to
> hers, was written in old script (which is why I didn't recall any name
> similar from memory... I know most of that film), but it is NOT the
> common spelling one would associate with the surname she had, although
> I forwarded it to her anyway.
>
> I believe she has dismissed the entries which I found as not being the
> name she is looking for. I'm not so sure though... I was going through
> that film again this evening and came across that name again, and it is
> still bugging me... bugging me enough that I have to ask even though it
> doesn't relate to my lines (part of the 20% of that village which
doesn't).
>
> The name I get from the script is OHX. (or OHC, OHE) Looks sort of like
Ole.
>
> I have a few tracings of various entries at:
>
> http://www.io.com/~tweek/tmp/ohx.jpg (about 10k)
>
> I guess I have two questions:
>
> - Is there a commonly accepted name which is represented by the name
> written in the script. A name which is still (at 1700) written in
> an old style/spelling even though it was considerably different in
> pronounciation then?
>
> - How would the name, as written in the entries (traced), be pronounced?
>
> I'm refraining from posting the surname being looked for at this time so
> as to not influence any answers. I already have myself come to the
> conclusion that "Yeah, I guess it could be pronounced like that, sort of."
> I'll perhaps post it in a day or so.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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