Charlie, Thank you for your response. I posted this question because I remember some one asking about the name Dilk at some time. In my research I discovered my Great Grandfather married a second time to a woman with this name. I thought maybe I could help with info on this name. I discovered a shirt tail relative related to this name living in Trenton NJ where I grew up. I have seen the names your are researching in different FB's. If I can remember where, I will let you know. Thanks again, good luck to you too ! Harold ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie Tiller<mailto:charlietiller@hotmail.com> To: banat@rootsweb.com<mailto:banat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] DILK message from Harold Bratsko Mr. Bratsko (and everyone else too), I do not know of Dilk, but I have been trying to sort out the Tiller/Diller/Till/Dill/Thil/Deil names in the 18th-Century Hatzfeld vicinity. It's not clear if these names are related or not, but I continue to ponder the notion in hopes of a breakthrough. Dilk sounds similar; perhaps that could be connnected as well... or not. It's a frustrating conundrum that I may never truly answer. This does raise some fresh questions that have been lurking beneath the surface for me. The introductory part of the Hatzfeld family book lists the original settlers who came from Germany, but in its family pages there are many others identified who apparently arrived about the same time from unidentified locales. Does anyone have a clear notion if Hatzfeld was settled totally by immigrants (per the street-name tale), or if there may have been a sizable number of in-country settlers relocating there as well? I've not heard a satisfactory answer why many family book entries (thus church book entries) from the 18th-Century do not identify the person's place of origin. It would seem an obvious piece of information to record. Any feedback is appreciated. All the best to you in your searches, Charlie Tiller Charlie Tiller charlietiller@hotmail.com<mailto:charlietiller@hotmail.com> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:18:10 -0600 From: "Harold Bratsko" <bhbrat24@msn.com<mailto:bhbrat24@msn.com>> Subject: [BANAT-L] DILK To: "Banat_List" <banat@rootsweb.com<mailto:banat@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <COL121-DS251F2595DFE4BFB99557DCCCBB0@phx.gbl<mailto:COL121-DS251F2595DFE4BFB99557DCCCBB0@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" At one time there was someone looking for the name Dilk. If they are still on the list, please contact me. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:BANAT-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message