In a message dated 5/29/2008 3:41:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr writes: As to Allen's query, I guess that a French-speaker named JUD had his name transcribed into SCHUTT in Alsace or any other Germanic linguistic area. Etienne =========== Thank you for this further info, Etienne. I have been fortunate in locating most of this Jud family in Ranspach-le-haut (Ober-ranspach). In May-June 1859, the father Morand Jud and his 5 children emigrated to the US, arriving safely in New York. One puzzle is why his youngest son Alois (born ca 1846) was rendered as 'Aloise' (a girl on the ship manifest). And his age of 13 was adjusted to 9-1/2, perhaps for a discount (under ten)? There were two other sons of Morand Jud, Pierre (b. 1833) and Morand jr (b. 1835). Both seem to have gone to Switzerland first before traveling to the US. I found Piere's passage (misspelled) in July, 1853 (on the ship "Florida). But I cannot find Morand jr's Atlantic crossing anywhere. I assume something happened to his last name, as usual. Muggenthalers's Alsace book has some of these people listed, but incorrectly transcribed, IND for JUD. (!) The CDHF website also has some data, but mosty extracted from Dominique Dreyer's book (1800-1870). She used "passport application" material, probably from Colmar. But that doesn't contain anything for Pierre or Morand Jr, since they apparently went from upper Ranspach to Switzerland first, and the dated applications were only used in traveling to the US directly. One wonders if any records exist from the 1850s to show emigration to Switzerland as well, even as a stop on the way to America. Allen in Brooklyn, NY **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)