Im looking for more information on my great grandfather Anthony F. Hofmann. My family had always spelled the name with only one(1) "F" but I have seen it listed in the census and on family death certs as HoFFmann. Anthony is said to have immigrated 1888-1889 from Germany. I would love to be able to find out when and then other family info back in Germany. He married Carolina L. Nurnberg from Delaware in 1900, but I dont know when or where. As far as I know they had always lived in Philadelphia, PA. His children were Anthony M, Francis, Leo, Gertrude E, Marie C, Raymond, Thecla G. Any help or info you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Kathy

my family name currently is spelled.....huffman....but in tracing them back to germany the name was originally spelled hofmann.....and was changed when they got to america....in the process of doing this research it seems i never found one name in germany spelled huffman.....it was always hof....one f.....so more than likely there original name was spelled hofmann.....then someone in america messed it up and spelled it hoffmann.....a german teacher told me germans spell it hoffman and german jews spell it hofmann.....i dont know if hes correct or not take it for what its worth......try this site its very interesting and helpfull...... http://www.germanna.com........