Re: Are Blaess and Blass related?
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Are Blaess and Blass related?
2/11/99
The "ae" in your name is normally an anglicization of the "umlaut" -a-. The real Germanic spelling would be the Blass with the umlaut over the a. I don't really know if the name with the umlaut is related to the one without. I do know that the Blass is occasionally spelled Bloss and in some Dutchrecords in New York State( Real Dutch not German ) the spelling has been Plaas or Plaes. As far as the name originating in the Alsace, that is entirely possible. I have found it from Switzerland to the North of Germany.