Thank you Karen, very much. I have had a lot of data given to me from a wonderful cousin found through these ancestry boards, regarding the Broyles family. Yes indeed, the Broyles go all the way back to Germany and I believe close to France/Austria? I understand there is even a town that was named after them too, the correct spelling is unclear to me and I have not been able to locate the town by looking it up through the internet. It must be a very, very small town. Very interesting! Thank you once again