This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oh0.2ACEB/1765.2 Message Board Post: Where did your family come from originally? I am a Meyer as well My Dad is Thomas Meyer son of Otto Meyer son of Julius Meyer. They started out in Prussia and ended up in Hamtramack Michigan (which for census tracts is considered Detroit).