I guess I should follow suit and repost the surnames I am researching too: >From Kankakee and Iroquois Counties: My French Canadians: Rabideau/Robidou/Robidoux Cote/Coti/Coty Dionne My Belgium connection: Vanderlinden And my not so Fench connections from the same area: Ahrens- Germany Precht -Denmark/Germany Schulte- Germany Birch- Native American Anita Ahrens formerly of Watseka, Illinois