Hartung is an old German word for "January". Probably your ancestor Johann or whatever had to pay his duty in January, while the other Johann in the same village paid in the fall and was therefor called Johann Herbst (= fall). This is a common way how family names were created. Regards Georg Paulus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: AWGNMEG@aol.com <AWGNMEG@aol.com> An: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Datum: Freitag, 7. Januar 2000 21:28 Betreff: [BAVARIA] Germanic tribes- The HARTUNGen tribe >Speaking of Germanic tribes I have always been wondering if there is anyone >who knows about a Hartungen tribe. Since Our name is HARTUNG I wonder if our >ancestors and our name go back to the Huns. Does anyone know more? > Marilyn > > >==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== >Going on Vacation? Longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe >Just click this and send it. It is all set up for you. >mailto:Bavaria-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >