This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Froelich and Heitz (also from Alsace-Lorraine!) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZZX.2ACIB/9.10.12 Message Board Post: My Froelichs came from Alsace-Lorraine, which traded hands many times between France and (what later became) Germany. Being on a perpetual battlefield would be a great reason to leave! Ken in San Diego