In a message dated 99-07-06 13:25:05 EDT, you write: << Hello, My strange name is Lilje. Frederick Lilje came from Magdeburg, East Germany abt 1844 to Quebec, Canada. I can't find him on ships rolls, and I haven't found anyone else by that name, either. Does anyone know anything about the name? Perhaps it was a shortened form of a longer name---- >> I checked Switchboard, and there are quite a few people named Lilje listed. If you haven't tried Switchboard, go to <A HREF="http://www.switchboard.com">Switchboard</A> [email protected]