Glad to have you as a listowner, Gene. I recently posted a message about my gggrandfather, Jacob Fink, who was born about 1829. I've seen his birthplace listed as Bavaria, as Wurtemmberg, and as Switzerland, so I don't know exactly where he was born. I saw other postings that showed Wurtemmberg and Switzerland as places of origin. I'm quite new in looking into my Fink ancestors (I very early hit a roadblock and went on to easier lines), so I am wondering - Is the southern German and Swiss area the most common place of Fink origin? Looking through the Wurtemmberg Passenger Lists, I saw a number of Finks. --John