When I first began doing genealogy on my family it was because I was inheriting old family pictures and memorabilia that I had previously known nothing about. One of my family names is Covert which of course I quickly discovered was a Dutch name originally. Couevers (I think) is how it was spelled. The family had immigrated early to New York and eventually someone aimed me at this message board and I got a lot of good info here. I have rejoined the list and have been monitoring the surnames coming through as I am curious about the origin of my Ross family whose first names are all either German or Dutch sounding. I am interested in seeing if they possibley migrated from Germany through Holland on the way here in the end. Love the list!! Linda Ross Owings Okla