This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lh.2ADE/2034.1.1.3.3.1 Message Board Post: I do not know if Ballage could be something else. My source was another researcher, and a poor one at that. Could well be. Do you know if your ancestor is German? Barb