thanks Ursula - I'll try that spelling thru CAstle and Ancestry you are always a wealth of information - do you work for a geneology center? In a message dated 1/14/2010 9:16:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Paulette, the most common spelling of that surname is KREHBIEL, anything else is Americanized spelling. There are quite a few families listed by that name. Good luck with your search. Ursula ____________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:47:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [G-P-L] (no subject) for years I have hit a brick wall trying to find my ancestor Christian Crabiel - I have all the info from when he was in America - his census say he was from Baden Germany, we always believed the Crabiel's came from Alyse Lorraine (when German controlled) Christian Crabiel - born 1832 came to US - we believe in 1852 (Milltown-New Brunswick area of NJ) can not find the ship or port he came into in the US - no luck on Castle maybe the last name was changed - the "C" in Crabiel seems more like a french spelling (he definitely spoke w/ a heavy German accent - we have proof of that also) an 1880 census for NJ shows the spelling as Krieble (that is the only time that spelling comes up) I've tried all different possiblities on Castle - does anyone have any other suggestions Paulette 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 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