Definitely Scandinavian, most probably Swedish. I found several Ole Vesterqvists when Googling the name. http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/obituaries/bcct/linus-j-vesterqvist/article_92c9623d-5483-5940-9d3f-4fc2f2d985eb.html Eleanor Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:43:43 -0400 From: Support Team <walth100@aol.com> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Name Information To: GERMAN-ALSATIAN@rootsweb.com, Inclark@rootsweb.com,     in-south-central@rootsweb.com, kentuckiana@rootsweb.com,     mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com, ROEMJA@twc.com Message-ID: <8D27FF1DFF18DE9-D6C-10568@webmailstg-vd09.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Recently I located a family surname but have not been able to locate name heritage. The family name is Vesterqvist. Is this German of ? Thanks WH On Monday, June 29, 2015 3:01 AM, "in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com" <in-south-central-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: Today's Topics:   1. Name Information (Support Team) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:43:43 -0400 From: Support Team <walth100@aol.com> Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Name Information To: GERMAN-ALSATIAN@rootsweb.com, Inclark@rootsweb.com,     in-south-central@rootsweb.com, kentuckiana@rootsweb.com,     mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com, ROEMJA@twc.com Message-ID: <8D27FF1DFF18DE9-D6C-10568@webmailstg-vd09.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Recently I located a family surname but have not been able to locate name heritage. The family name is Vesterqvist. Is this German of ? Thanks WH ------------------------------ End of IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 174 ************************************************