In a message dated 7/7/98 10:21:59 AM, you wrote: <<I sent letters (in German) earlier this year to the four KORNEGAYs in the German phonebook CD and received a response from only one. She confirmed the Kornegay spelling is not of German origin and that her husband is an Edward Kornegay from LaGrange. Robert -- >> I sent letters (in German) to five Kornegays in the German phone CD about 4 years ago and didn't get a single response. I now suspect that all of them were transplanted Americans such as GIs that either couldn't read the German or, after reading it, didn't want to bother replying to a wild goose chase. Matt PS...still have a copy of the letter done in my "Swine Deutsche" if you'd like a laugh.