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From: Fritsche< >
Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS-L] RINGEL, FINNER
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 01:34:31 +0100

Bob Ringel schrieb:
> Greetings Jurgen;
> ...
> My ancestors immigrated to America in the 1870's from the kreis Wirsitz and
> the Vandsburg areas of Posen and WestPrussia. I have not been able to
> extend my RINGEL line any further back than my G-G-Grandfather. I believe
> he was born about 1825, probably in the Mrotschen area.
> According to the book "der kreis Wirsitz" there was one RINGEL family still
> living in the area in 1945.
> I realize this area is now part of Poland, but I was hoping a search of your
> CD-Rom would show or help me with the dispertion and number of RINGEL's in
> Germany. If they were expelled from Poland after the war, it might help me
> to know where they went. I do not believe the RINGEL or FINNER name is very
> common. I might be wrong though.
> during my research, I discovered a RINGEL family history book published in
> Germany that was centered around a prominent RINGEL family from the
> Dusseldorf area. Further investigation showed no link to my Prussian family.
> ...
> Thank you, and God bless,
> Robert R. Ringel
>

Hi Bob,

sorry for being late but not too late, I hope.

Well, RINGEL is not a common surname but there are 1,600 persons on phone, all
the same! And they are spread all over Germany without any special regional
focus.

FINNER is not very common; there are 135 persons on phone here. The dispersion
shows that there are some in eastern Brandenburg, some in Niedersachsen and
Hamburg, some in Baden-Wuerttemberg and some in the Rhein-Ruhr area. You can
say: better focussed.

Thank you for sharing the nice story which happened in Fulda: what a small
world it is and full of RINGELs!
I'm very pleased you enjoyed my country when being stationed here. Today there
are only few American soldiers left here.

Unfortunately I couldn't help you as much as you perhaps might have thought. But
maybe another friend on the list can offer you some more help.

Bob, good luck and take care, you and your family,

Jurgen

Jürgen Fritsche
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