Roetzel Family History
- Roetzel Name Meaning
- German (also Rötzel): probably a habitational name from Rotzel in Baden-Württemberg.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,246 Historical Documents with Roetzel on Ancestry
- 2,483 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 833 Census and Voter Lists
- 199 Military Records
- 113 Immigration Records
- 1,618 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Roetzel census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Roetzel census records
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