This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: alexander, Joiner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4gC.2ACE/1369.1.1 Message Board Post: Judy, a quick search for the origin of the surname Joiner shows it to be German, and a form of the surname Jenner. I can look for your people on the census records, if you give me a name and place. Fran Bolton