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There were a number of Boettcher families in the areas our Michael Boettcher lived, so we have tried to reach out to any Boettcher or similar surnames that had settled in the Black Sea German Colonies (Bessarabia, Beresan, Odessa, etc.).
Our research to date has include Y-DNA from Boettcher descendants of the following Black Sea villages:
- Bessarabia: Paris, Kulm
- Beresan: Waterloo
- Leipzig, Tarutino, Arzis and Beresina.
The following variant Bettcher surnames are of interest to our project:
- Bettcher, Boettcher, Böttcher
- Bettger, Boettger, Böttger
- Bedger, Betker
- Bettiger, Boettiger, Böttiger
- Betticher,Boetticher, Bötticher
- Bettinger, Boettinger, Böttinger
http://www.dnaheritage.com/surnameform.asp?GroupUnique=279872577&Surname=Boettcher
Family Tree DNA recently purchased DNA Heritage and will be moving our information to their database. For more info on the move click here:
http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/dna-heritage.aspx
Due to anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during WWI our family changed the spelling of out last name from Boettcher to Betcher.
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