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What would you do??

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What would you do??

Posted: 24 Aug 2006 4:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
Good Evening Listmembers,

I have a question for the members of the list and how they would list a last name.

I just realized, after almost 2 years of reseach and already knowing this, that in Germany, many names have the two dots above the vowels.

ä -- would in english be spelled as ae
ö -- would be as oe
ü -- would be as ue

I have been looking for the last name for a passenger list as either Lubben or Luebben, and it never dawned on me to put it as Lübben. I have finally found the person(s) I was looking for.

Now for the question to the members..... How would the members list this last name on your family tree information?? I know they were Lübben coming to the states, but on one death cert, it lists as Luebben, and their tombstone lists as Lubben.

HELP!?! LOL

Interested in all your imput. And thanks in advance.

Lori L Hoper
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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