> > Anyone have information or know where i can look. for the family name of > Bachtell? > came from ireland around 1870s or so. > -- > > Your ancestor may have come to your location by way of Ireland / > England, but the greatest listings of the Bechtell surname listings > seem to be in France, using the Latter Day Saints International > Genealogical Database - www.familysearch.org > A French-named family in Ireland may have had Huguenot origins. They were Protestants, typically well-educated and capable in business and professions. I found several of these families among my Irish ancestors in linen, poplin and leather businesses. Rachel Smith