In a message dated 5/11/2006 4:59:55 PM Mountain Standard Time, Scrig@aol.com writes: Can anyone give me suggestions or ideas or the names of people who might be of assistance? Linda, Go to Familysearch.org On the home page type the name Ehrl in the surname search box and click on Search button. There are a lot of hits that give places in Bohemia and Moravia as birthplaces. There are some interesting ones for Althutten Bukowina. Most placenams that were "hutten" refered to a glassworks industry there. I wonder if you might find some early Ehrl ancestors who migrated from a glassworks town in Bohemia to Bukowina during the 18th and erly 19th C.?? The film that names the families who migrated and the places they left is named: Ansiderakten If you find the name there with indication the family went to Althutten in Bukowina check where they came from. You may have a common ancestor. Karen