Jerry Linderman has been searching for information on his 3rd great grandmother, Josephine Woster, for many years and finally had a breakthrough this summer. It turned out that her name in Germany was Jacobina Wurster.
Jerry says, "I did a general search of the name Woster and found a naturalization record
for a Jacob Woster. It was signed by the applicant in two different places
using the name Wurster. When I looked up that name in the Wurtemberg
emigration list I found my third great grandmother with that name and also
her whole family that had applied to come to the US at the same time in 1846.
Jacob turned out to be the half brother of Jacobina/Josephine, my third
great grandmother."
Genealogy lesson #1: Be open to variations in names.
Genealogy lesson #2: Do not give up.
Congratulations, Jerry!
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