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From: "Dennis Bauer" <>
Subject: Re: [DVHH] D and T
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:25:14 -0500
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Good point, Keep this in mind when doing all German research, as my PA
Germans had this "letter" exchange used throughout the records (i.e.
Truckenmiller vs. Druckenmiller}. Same with "G" and "K" (i.e. Glock vs.
Klock).
Dennis Bauer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Fredenberg" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:07 PM
Subject: [DVHH] D and T


> Susan,
>
> There is an example of this in Henry Fischer's book, "Children of the
> Danube." One of the composite characters in the book is named Konrad
> Tefner, who begins the voyage from Regensburg to Hungary in 1723. Twenty
> or
> twenty-five years later in Somogy County, the same family was known as
> Defner.
>
> These two letters do seem to be totally interchangeable and sometimes
> reverse back again in subsequent generations. A good thing to remember
> when
> researching surnames.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave and Pat Tiefenbach" <>
> To: "Susan Williams" <>; <>;
> <>; <>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [DVHH] Tiefenbach
>
>
>> Susan:
>>
>> Yes, in Germany the D and T are interchangeable. My ancestors actually
>> were
>> named Diefenbach in the 1700s but eventually changed it to Tiefenbach.
>>
>> Dave
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Susan Williams" <>
>> To: "Dave and Pat Tiefenbach" <>;
>> <>;
>> <>; <>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DVHH] Tiefenbach
>>
>>
>> Dave -- have you ever seen this name spelled with a "D" - Diefenbach --
>> for
>> some reason, this name sounds familiar to me -- I searched on the
>> internet
>> to no avail ... yet. Maybe if Joe reads this, he will remember. Joe
>> has
>> a
>> fantastic memory for College Point names.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>>
>>
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