Gene Wagner points out that some of the characters I have been using recently are not coming through correctly. The troublesome characters are the quotations marks, both double and single. I use WordPerfect and have set it to generate the true quotation marks, not the inch marks. Somewhere along the way, trouble is being encountered with the true quotation marks. I will try to avoid them but you will have to work a little harder at understanding what I am saying.
The list of names beginning with a “ T ” in the Gemmingen Index is not long. They are Tham (x1), Taimeckhler (x1), Thorman (x2), Theobald (x1), Treiber (x9), Thalmann (x23), Thielmann (x1), Treutwein (x4).
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| Tham | Taimeckhler | Thorman |
| Theobald | Treiber | Thalman |
| Thielmann | Treutwein |
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The names beginning with the letter “ U ” are not many: Ulrich, Ungeröth, Unnölher, Ungarin, Ulmer, Urschler (this name occurs more often than all of the others combined), Uraneck, Umbachin.
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| Ulrich | Ungeröth | Unnölher |
| Ungarin | Ulmer | Urschler |
| Uraneck | Umbachin |
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The letter " V " is more popular. Again, in order of the first occurance of the name, the names are: Vidberger, Vischuber, Völker, Vischer, Volz, Volkhard/Volckard/Volckert, Vogel(in), Vogelmann, Voltert/Volkert, Vägelen, Vagelmann/Vogelmann, Valentin/Valkentin.
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| Vidberger | Vischuber | Völker |
| Vischer | Volz |
Volkhard/Volckard/
Volckert |
| Vogel(in) | Vogelmann | Voltert/Volkert |
| Vägelen | Vagelmann/Vogelmann | Valentin/Valkentin |
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One of the more popular letters is " W " for names. Wislicen (he was the pastor), Wenzel, Weiss/Weis, Wolff/Wolf, Wagner, Weber (yeh, team), Weibel/Wäibel, Weikhur/Weickhum/Wickhur, Wintz/Würtz/Wärtz/Wuntz/Wüntz, Weng, Welch/Walch, Waldstein, Wenmkesel, Wengel, Wellet/Walleth/Wallet/Wollet, Walter, Weydelich/Weidelich/Weÿdelich/Waidelich, Wirth, Weitzmann, Wesinger, Weinzapf, Wachstätter, Weigum, Wild, Waller, Wüst, Wider, Weisert, Walz, Weisstert, Winder.
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| Wislicen | Wenzel | Weiss/Weis |
| Wolff/Wolf | Wagner | Weber |
| Weibel/Wäibel |
Weikhur/Weickhum/
Wickhur |
Wintz/Würtz/Wärtz/
Wuntz/Wüntz |
| Weng | Welch/Walch | Waldstein |
| Wenmkesel | Wengel |
Wellet/Walleth/
Wallet/Wollet |
| Walter |
Weydelich/Weidelich/
Weÿdelich/Waidelich |
Wirth |
| Weitzmann | Wesinger | Weinzapf |
| Wachstätter | Weigum | Wild |
| Waller | Wüst | Wider |
| Weisert | Walz | Weisstert |
| Winder |
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My reading of some of the names may be in error. When a name is written only once, and many of them do occur just once, it hard to estimate what the writer intended. When the name occurs more than once, the later readings often shed some light on the earlier reading. Sometimes I enter the names, along with the given names, into a computer list and then sort them to bring the similar names together. The given names are very useful here. Comparing names often tells me that a name has been read incorrectly. As is indicated in these lists, names are not always spelled in the same way, so one must be prepared for similar names which are equivalent. (11 Oct 04)
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