This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FJE.2ACEB/82.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes that helped me I was unawear of where the name originated ... my grandfather was Carl Vernon Bittinger and his father was Benjamin Harrison Bittinger unfourtunatly that is all the further back I can get if you have any information that might help me i would appriceate it thanks