At 05:00 PM 3/17/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Hi to all the Adrians out there. I didn't know it was such a common >name until I came here. I was surprised about all the other origins of >the name and so far there haven't been any Mennonite Adrians so will >contribute my early family history in hopes of finding relatives. I am >especially interested in trying to find common ties back in Prussia >before the Mennonites moved to Russia in the early 1800s. If anyone is >interested in more detail, they can check at the home page ><http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/d/r/Barton-W-Adrian/index.html>. In my searchings I had found a Cecil Adrian in the Dallas area who was a Mennonite decendant. He spelled Cecil differently from what I've written here, but I can't remember the exact spelling. I found his name on one of the white pages CD-ROMs back in 1993. He gave me his father's phone number and his father told me of their family history. You might do a white pages search for Adrians in Texas and look at the various spellings of "Cecil" to see if he can still be contacted. Good luck. Mitchell Adrian Assistant Professor of Management Longwood College 201 High St. Farmville, VA 23901 (804) 395-2832 (804) 395-2203 - Fax http://web.lwc.edu/staff/madrian/adrhome.htm Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.