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/RQG.2ACEB/13.14.30.31.32.61.106.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a lot of information on Bruhns from Schlesvig-Holstein in Northern Germany/Southern Denmark--the transitional area that went back and forth between the two countries. I can trace my relatives back into the mid 1700s. if you can show a connection to Schlesvig-Holstein, let me know.