Gayle, I just did a quick count on the following names on the Swiss phone CD and the Germany Phone CD and came up with these totals: NAME SWITZERLAND GERMANY ------------------------------------------------------------------ Kornegay 0 4 (by US marriage) Kenege 0 0 Knego 0 1 Kvnecke 0 485 Kvnig/Konig 1,617 48,286/6 Gndgi 284 0 Gnaegi 37 0 Gnagne 0 1 Hornig 0 2,092 Hornigh 0 0 I also found the following towns in Germany with Kvnig in the name: NAME LISTINGS KONIG ------------------------------------------------------- Kvnigsberg 76 0 Kvnigsberg Gem. Biebertal 4,387 1 Kvnigsberg Gem. Kvnigsh|gel 61 0 It would be excellent if Ralf could investigate the church records in those areas for Kvnig births and marriages from 1670 to 1708. I would suggest the next line to check would be the Hornig name as that is very close to the Hornigh spelling in the refugee camp in the Talsen at St. Catherines in London. I will continue to research the Swiss records in Bern for any other Gndgi clues. FYI, an unabridged copy of the original grant of the Carolina Province to the Lord Proprietors can be found at <<http://www.civil-liberties.com/books/colony27.html>> Robert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Kornegay | kornegar@mercyships.ch | Work: 41.21.654.32.10 V.P.-Director | rkornegay@compuserve.com | Home: 41.21.654.32.50 Mercy Ships-Suisse | http://www.mercyships.org | Fax: 41.21.654.32.20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------