I would try Van DerLinden  I am dutch and Holland is right next door to Germany   The person writing might have put an a instead of an o   good luck --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Bobbi <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bobbi <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Immigration Question To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 2:19 AM You might also want to try: Von Derlinden. Also search replacing the "n"s with "u"s. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Immigration Question > Good Afternoon group - I wonder if anyone could give me  some insight as > to > possibilities for a surname - I am searching for my  Great Grandfather's > arrival.  I have (I think) covered nearly all  ways the name could be > spelled > or mis-spelled but perhaps someone with a  better grasp of German names > might have some ideas. > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - this group  has been very > helpful to me in the past. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots..com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message