This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coonrod, Conrad, Conrod Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RkJ.2ACIB/206.1 Message Board Post: According to a letter written in 1917 from an Oliver Coonrod/Coonrad born in Hocking Co., Good Hope Twp., OH, this clan originated in Maryland, which makes me think this group could be related. You may want to contact the owner of the letter, Rufus Cox at [email protected] According to the letter, a Josephas Coonrod of Switzerland was the first generation in the US in 1742. I am learning this surname, Conrad, is very common and has many spellings, Coonrod, Coonrad, Conrod, Conrad, Konrad. This Oliver Coonrod was the brother to my grandfather, John Henry Coonrad. I have a papers showing the name spelled three ways on the same document. The family spread out to Fairfield, Licking, and Franklin Counties, OH throught the generations. I'm sure others went out of state too. Good luck, Tina