This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fischer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YaW.2ACIB/1077.1.2 Message Board Post: Did you also post your query on Illinois, Chicago, whichever the county it is in. And if they have a category as "unknown" too. I do not know if ROOTSWEB.com message boards have the same categories as Ancestry.com but that would be an avenue of search too. Also foreign country of Romania, and the area if you know where they lived could also be of some assistance. There is also something I just ran across called Ancestral findings. I do not have the address handy, but that may help. CousinConnect.com, You might post what you have of your family so far, onto gencircles.com as well as rootsweb. That might reach a few more people who may be searching in Chicago, Illinois, or Romania areas. I will keep you in mind as I continue with my FISCHER's as well.