This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tebben Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/1204.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have not found a connection with this east Iowa TEBBEN sect. I am searching for the origins of Heinrich Gerd Tebben who supposingly came to the USA 1849 thru New Orleans while escaping the Prussian draft. This is all info passed down thru generations. I have not been able to confirm it or find the exact emigration date and origin of my GGGrandfather. Tebben is a strong German name. I found a German genealogy site at http//db.genealogy.net/ofb/emsbuerem/ which has hundreds of Tebben surnames dating back to the 1600's.