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From: Delores Stevens <>
Subject: Re: [Ger-Sur] Wutzke
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:23:44 -0600
References: <001401c56e97$1b8a9070$2fb6c5d8@Delores><000701c56e9b$7f6467c0$b788fb40@KRoussin> <42AB2AEE.4050503@sandyview.info>


Thank you Mona for the valuable information. I will go to that site and
look this up.
Delores
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mona" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Sur] Wutzke


>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Delores Stevens" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:06 AM
>> Subject: [Ger-Sur] Wutzke
>> >
>>
>>>Where would I find Neumark in the area of Landsberg. These are names of
>> areas where Wutzke's may have originated from? These names are not
>> familiar
>> to me and I assume they are in Germany.
>>
>
> The -ke ending on the surname might be an indication that the family came
> from the eastern areas of Germany, such as Pommern, EastPrussia,
> Westprussia, or perhaps the Neumark area of Brandenburg.
>
> There is a Landsberg city and and Landsberg Kreis (county) in Brandenburg,
> not far from Stettin. I believe this could have been in the Neumark,
> which included the land east of the Oder River. Stettin lies on the east
> side of the Oder.
>
> I'm,afraid, though, that you might still be needing to find the name of
> the actual village in Kreis Landsberg. Most of our ancestors came from
> the little villages outside the main town for which the Kreis was named.
>
> Have a look at www.kartenmeister.com and enter "Landsberg" in the
> location box. On the next screen, click on Landsberg in Landsberg. On the
> next screen you'll see some information about the town, as well as a
> bottom that will take you to a long list of email addresses of others who
> are searching in the same area.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> --
> Mona Houser
>
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/
>
>
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