Heinz Radde, a man of German descent born in Pomerania who now lives in Switzerland, has just sent information on a map he recently discovered. The map is of the stagecoach (postkutschen) network in Pomerania in 1811, during the Napoleonic era. Heinz is likely a distant cousin of mine. We are both subscribers to a [...]
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Stagecoaches in Pomerania in 1811
Posted: October 5, 2011 in BELOW, FROMKE, Germany, LENTZ, Pomerania, RADDE, SCHARNOFSKE, THUN, ZURR0
Family Name History
Posted: October 2, 2010 in BELOW, BOAL, CHITTY, CONNER, DARLING, DOTY, GEORGE, GOODELL, HAY, HILL, NEAL, NORTHROP, NORTHRUP, PARKER, RADDE, REYNOLDS, SHANNON, Surnames, TIDD, VAN NOTE, WALKERI came across a Family Name History feature at a site called nameLab, so I decided to lookup a few surnames. VAN NOTE Americanized spelling of Dutch Van (der) Not, a habitational name for someone from a place called Ter Noot, for example one in French Flanders. VAN OORT 1. Dutch: habitational name from any [...]
The World Wars, Hitler & Some Amazing Stories
Posted: March 18, 2010 in BELOW, Books, FROMKE, Hitler, Surnames, World War I, World War IIRecently I have been looking through some library books on the First World War. One I happened to come across, Atlas of the First World War by Martin Gilbert, has some maps of interest. There is some detailed background on the Zeppelin airship L.59, which was sent to Africa with a mountain of supplies for [...]
