This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAB.2ACI/2060.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In Louisiana the name is Clause. I am not working that line but my grandson is marrying a Clause and my daughter is researching her line. I believe they originally came from Germany to Louisiana.