This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brodersen, Gregersen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qk.2ADI/2442.1 Message Board Post: You may want to inquire from the Nordfrisk Institute, a group that collects information on emigrants from the North Frisian islands and coast. Many people from that area ended up in around Clinton. I checked their on-line database, found at: http://www.nordfriiskinstituut.de/eng/indexausw_e.html for Brodersens and Gregersens. Many show up, but looking more specifically for your family names, I found the following: Name Johann Christian Gregersen Town Bargum Sex M First date 1843 Last date 1872 Additional information Beantragte die Entlassung aus dem Untertanenverband, um nach Amerika auszuwandern. Hatte ein Geschäft in Bredstedt, nach Einberufung zum Militär hatte er seine Kunden verloren, war daraufhin wieder nach Bargum gezogen. Person no. 1240 Name Fedder Friedrich Brodersen Town Horsbüll Sex M First date 1853 Last date 1872 Additional information Person no. 3713 Name Hans Paul Brodersen Town Horsbüll Sex M First date 1871 Last date 1871 Additional information Person no. 3714 Name Hinrich Christian Brodersen Town Horsbüll Sex M First date 1857 Last date 1873 Additional information Person no. 3717 Name Düke Brodersen Town Horsbüll Sex M First date 1873 Last date 1873 Additional information Person no. 3718 If you contact the Institute, they will be able to provide more detailed information on the people listed, so you can see if they are related to you or not. Though their service is free, I'll warn you that it may take awhile to hear back from them! Good luck in your search.