Many in our group will have ancestors who came to the N. America as Palatines. Today ran across a site that should interest some of you. Looking at link to occupations on the site, one can see possibilities for surname origins: http://www3.adnc.com/~lynnd/vuword.html#8 Some other sites which offer occupations are: http://www.cyndislist.com/occupatn.htm https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=temple-gold&T=0&P=13703 Hope everyone has a great week-end. Lauraine