Surname spellings often changed when immigrants came to America.
Sometimes the change was as simple as dropping a final "n"... Hohmann
to Hohman, for example. Other times the changes are less obvious. If
you don't find your ancestor's name on the Surname page with one spelling, try
an alternate one. This
chart shows some of the variations.
The surname: |
might be spelled in German
records as: |
Brahler |
Brehl |
Blake |
Block |
Cornett |
Kornett |
Craft |
Kraft |
Crock |
Krack |
Estadt or Estep |
Jestaedt or Jestadt |
Gerst |
Garst |
Hill |
Heil |
Hupp |
Happ |
Lohrey, Lorey, or Lori |
Lorei |
Mahler |
Mehler |
Miller |
Mueller |
Roehrig |
Rohrig |
Rupple |
Ruppel |
Scheetz |
Schütz |
Schott |
Schaad or Schaadt |
Schell, Shehl, or Shell |
Schehl |
Smith |
Schmitt or Schmidt |
Smithberger |
Schmittberger or Schmidtberger |
Snider or Snyder |
Schneider |
Vogler |
Vogler |
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