Hi, Kevin -- I'm a Flaming of German-Russian Mennonite background. My dad is Raymond FLAMING, son of Samuel FLAMING, b. 8 Oct. 1926? died 8 Jan. 1983. I was born in Hillsboro, KS (now live in Portland, OR), and Dad was born in either Lehigh, Goessel or Hillsboro. The Flamings are the branch of which I've researched the least, so I have little to no vertical lineage to share but I do have info on Dad's brothers and sisters and can put you in touch with a gentleman who has done massive research on the Hiebert and Goertz lines (my grandma Flaming's parents). Think I saw some other Flamings in the research he's sent to me, if you'd like me to look them up. Anyway, I'll have to do a little checking to see if the Flamings you mentioned are relatives, but I'm pretty sure they are. Julie Flaming