Hello kunkel-l, conkle-l, and kunkle-l It's been suggested on one of the lists that we send along our descendancy for these names. They are definitely related, especially if you go back far enough. My line of Conkles: We descend from one John Conkle of Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was born about 1730 or 1739 in Germany. Some say he was born in Wickenrode although I am not sure of that. Others say he was born in Floersbach, and this seems to be more logical, although it is spelled there "Kunkel" and he used the "Gunkel" spelling in America, and it was anglicized to CONKLE and CONKEL. He came to America through Philadelphia in 1767, we believe. He was married to a Margaret, and I don't know her maiden name. He had a son Adam CONKLE who married Mary OLLER, daughter of Conrad OLLER. I will try to post the siblings at some later time. Adam's son, Henry Madison Conkle, married Mary Elizabeth Vogel, daughter of Gottfried Vogel and Janette Young. Their son, William CONCLE, married Rachel WEAVER. Their son, William Weaver CONKLE, is my grandfather and he married Margaret BERLIN, daughter of Samuel and Ola (SHARP) Berlin. The lines all married and resided in Washington County Pennsylvania. They lived in Scenery Hill (used to be called Hillsborough) and Hickory. If you go to Scenery Hill today, on Route 40, you can still see and experience the thrill of Hill's Tavern. Route 40 was on the stagecoach route known as the National Road, and this old tavern is quite nicely preserved. It is expensive to eat there, and reservations are recommended (I'm not sure what the name is now). You can always get a beer in the bar for $4... I implore those on the list to correct the above as suits them, as my memory is not that good and I am without detailed info here at work. -- Best regards, Janet Reinhold mailto:spindle@futurepkg.com Editor, The Kunkel Kunkle Conkle Gunkel SPINDLE Family Genealogy Newsletter (two issues behind for 2001 & one index behind for 2000) PO Box 4001, Covina CA 91723 Fax 626-966-5779