[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] photographer in Prussia

Jerry Frank FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
Fri Nov 28 10:37:31 PST 2008


Yes, that spelling does seem odd - unless the postcard style product was printed at a place where the typesetter did not have access to the estset character.  

Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: John Bettger <ceo at ametric.com>
Date: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:28 am
Subject: RE: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] photographer in Prussia
To: Jerry Frank <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>, "ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>

> Yes Jerry you are correct. I German guy pointed out Prussia 
> spelling would have never been used in Germany. In Germany it 
> would have been Preußen
> 
> Best Regards
> John Leon Bettger
> email address  ceo at ametric.com
> 
> Researching Waterloo South Russia (Stavky Ukraine)
> Odessa (city) South Russia (Odessa Ukraine) at 6 Ekaterininskaya 
> Square (at the top of Potemkin Steps)
> Slowik (near Lodz) Koenigreich Poland/Prussia
> Gruenstadt Bavaria (Worms Germany)
> Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz Prussia/Germany
> NAMES: Bettger, Boettcher, Huhn, Schindler
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-
> poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Frank
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 1:07 PM
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] photographer in Prussia
> 
> Just a general comment regarding studio info on old photographs.
> 
> Many photographers traveled far and wide in search of 
> customers.  I'm not sure how far they would have gone to do 
> their work.  The name and location of the studio does not 
> necessarily, therefore, provide an accurate indication of where 
> the people lived.
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> 
> Jerry Frank
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Edelgard Strobel <udo-edelgard at freenet.de>
> Date: Friday, November 28, 2008 10:25 am
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] photographer in Prussia
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
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> > Hello John,
> >
> > there is a German database with historical photo studios. I have
> > found "Th.
> > Jacobsohn, place: Falkenburg/Pommern" (place name today
> > "Zlocieniec", time
> > frame: about 1908).
> >
> > http://db.genealogy.net/fotostudios/auswahl.php?Kurzname=Jacobsohn
> >
> > details:
> > http://db.genealogy.net/fotostudios/details.php?ID=665
> >
> >
> > Maybe this is the one you are looking for.
> >
> > Regards from Germany,
> >
> > Edelgard (Strobel)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Bettger" <ceo at ametric.com>
> > To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:05 PM
> > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] (no subject)
> >
> >
> > >I have a photo of my G.G.G. Uncle Ludwig Bettger taken about
> > 1860. On the
> > >photo it states S.Jacobson aus Pruessen. Are there any records
> > of the
> > >photographer? Where in Prussia he was from?
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > > John Leon Bettger
> > > email address  ceo at ametric.com<mailto:ceo at ametric.com>
> > >
> > > Researching Waterloo South Russia (Stavky Ukraine)
> > > Odessa (city) South Russia (Odessa Ukraine) at 6
> > Ekaterininskaya Square
> > > (at the top of Potemkin Steps)
> > > Slowik (near Lodz) Koenigreich Poland/Prussia
> > > Gruenstadt Bavaria (Worms Germany)
> > > Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz Prussia/Germany
> > > NAMES: Bettger, Boettcher, Huhn, Schindler
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