This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Speier/ Alpern Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vh.2ADI/1164.1 Message Board Post: My Great Grandfather, Nathan Speier was from Anderson Indiana, he imegrated there some time in the early 1900's from somewhere in Germany. I just started researching my family tree as well and this is all I have so far, I know he had a couple of brothers with him and the family became fairly well off there. If you have any more information that would be great and hopefully this will help you as well. I know the spelling is Speier, from pictures I have of my Grandmother (Frances Speier)--also her Mother was Margret, and her maiden name was Alperhn/ Alpern? from some where in Mi.