I am unaware of the use of "-in" for women's maiden names. Can you provide more information on that, please? Sharon A Waechter(-in) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:09:35 AM Subject: [A-L] Hirtzel My mother's surname is Hirtzel. I have documents of known family members that have quite a variety of variations in surnames. For the men, it includes Hirtzel and Hirzel (but not Hirz), and for the women, it includes Hirtzelin and Hirzelin and Hirzin. I understand about the "in" that is added to women's maiden names. I take it that this variation in names is to be expected? And that, when looking for records online, I should include all of these possible variations? Thanks. Paul -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message