Thank you for this most fascinating turn of thought. Now I must admit ignorance...what do you mean by a "lead document"? -----Original Message----- From: Aida Kraus [mailto:akibb1@verizon.net] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:21 PM To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Renewing search for family... To Cynthia: Wordelmann = or any derivative has no listing in the name lexicon. That does not mean it did not exist spelled that way, but it may not be German, but Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Norse or Swedish. I suggest that you look in those areas because Prussia was close to all these \Nordic countries. Check out some of their surname search engines. From the name alone you cannot trace your ancestry, you have to establish a lead document. THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT! Aida __________________________