This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fisher, Fischer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaW.2ACIB/920.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In your search, have you come across a Karl Fischer born abt. 1850 - 1854 in Germany? At age 21 he was working in Wisconsin, but I cannot find ship records for him. He changed the spelling of his name to Carl Fisher possibly upon coming to the U.S. He married in the states in 1878. His father may have been a Johan / Johann Fischer and may have been a baker. I have had no luck finding him in Germany. Reports say he may have had two brothers - others say he had six sisters. I would greatly appreciate any assistance.