This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bachmann, Bachman, Baughman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1gC.2ACEB/568 Message Board Post: There are a couple of sites with information on Johann Christian (1720) and descendants (e.g. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:640265&id=I30721027 at Rootsweb World Connect). One of his patrilineal descendants has participated in the Bachman/Baughman y-chromsome project and his results can be seen at http://www.stanford.edu/~philr/Bachman/BachmanResults.html (ID O515). He does not have the same ancestor as the Martin Bachmann at http://www.ecsr.net/~ewbaugh/, although both immigrant lines appear to have Canton Bern roots. One of Martin's descendants was also tested and has a different y-chromsome (ID O194). Both have one other match so far, but not each other. Finding a descendant of Johann Christian's brother Johann Frederick (1724) could be an important step. He has to be a patrilineal descendant (father to son to son, etc.) in order to have Johann Frederick's y-chromosome (no links through femalesm, as the y-chromsome is only passed down to males). ! Does anyone know of such a descendant who might be interested? I did not find a Johann Frederick of the appropriate age at WorldConnect or in the Family Search ancestral file.