This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/78.790 Message Board Post: It is my understanding that my mother's family known as Egg were actually named Eck. They were from Southern Indiana and included a Jacob and a Joseph. The family, I believe, originated in either Alsace or Baden Germany.