This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NIHEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zg.2ADI/769.1.1 Message Board Post: My thanks to you and to all who kindly answered my posting. I located the info as given above ... and, now, I have a lot of questions! The only "known" NIHENs are in the coal fields of Northeast Pennsylvania (my location). Others, found not only in Illinois but also a few other states and Canada, seem to have no link. A major brickwall is that I cannot determine if my great grandfather, John NIHEN (b. Ireland c. 1843 - d. Summit Hill, PA 1907) had siblings. The hunt goes on! Thanks, Joe Nihen Lansford, PA