This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fernsel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/361.1.4.1 Message Board Post: I don't know where you are but if not in Indianapolis, I would like to point you to a prominate line of Frenzel's in Indianapolis , Indiana. You can just type in Otto Frenzel and get a lot of info. The name is spelled differently from ours. It's unusual you should have an Otto. I don't think they are related in any way to the Fernsel's. They are a large family and so close to Clay County. Well, Indiana anyway.