This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LENCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wh.2ADE/622.851.1 Message Board Post: mY GREAT GRANDFATHER DOMINGO LENCE MIGRATED TO cUBA @ 1860 FROM THE OLD sPANISH PROVINCE OF GALICIA NORTH OF PORTUGAL. DO YOU KNOW THE ORIGIN OF THIS NAME? IS LENTZ THE ORIGINAL NAME? IF SO, IS IT GERMAN OR JEWISH? I HAVE FOUND NOTHING ON THE YAHOO CHAT BOARD FOR GALICIA. THANK YOU.