This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Zerbst of Michigan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qk.2ADI/17.40.43.50.56.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am Margaret J. Zerbst....only child of Earle P. Zerbst. My father was born in Houghton County Michigan in 1908. He was the only child of John and Josephine Zerbst of Hancock, Michigan. Have heard stories of our family going back to Catherine the Great . I'm just beginning to research the Zerbst Family and would appreciate any input and additional infor.