I'm trying to trace the name RUDLOFF specifically my husband's grandfather OTTO RUDLOFF in California from Germany by 1891, but probably arrrived several years earlier..we have reason to believe that JACOB RUDLOFF a weaver from Thuringia might have been Otto's uncle, Jacob emigrated to Illinois and then Iowa abt 1850s....believe that Otto lived in an area that might have been Russian or Polish territory for a time..There are supposed to be cousins currently living in Posnan Poland..Does anyone know if RUDLOFF is a very common name in Germany? Also in the list of Hessians who fought for England in Rev. War, there is a DUDLOFF from Saxony?? area, believe that might be a misprint and should be RUDLOFF....any assist appreciated..Jerri in California