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From: "Gallaher, Brenda ." <>
Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] Possible surname "Aberesche(sp.), & tough to contact the sender
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:27:11 -0600


It could be a family name. One of ours is Birch. Birch tree. Who knows.

Brenda

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From: karl h schwerin [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 3:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Possible surname "Aberesche(sp.), & tough to
contact the sender


I googled the word, which brought me to a bunch of German-language
websites. All had links for translation, though some of the English
translations are as hard to understand as the German. Anyway,
"Aberesche" is a less preferred, or archaic spelling for "Eberesche."
This is known as the "false ash" or "bird berry," and
seems to be common in German forests. (It's what we call the mountain
ash, or European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia). Still no idea what or
how this relates to genealogy - Robert Croxton's or otherwise.


Karl SchwerinSnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology
Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Cultural anthropology...is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering
the normal. Edward Sapir (1949:151)

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