This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: meyer, Behrens, Riess, Reiss, Classen, Ehler, Kasten,,Karsten, Ellenberg, Ellerman,Schulz, Schultze, Schulze Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oh0.2ACEB/1788.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There are even more in germany and the same situation in their villages. I have found four sets of Meyer in the village. I have little information to go on to see if they were connected. One can only think no until something turns up. But if someone ommits where the family is from it only makes sense to ask. And if she wanted I'd be willing to help. Such as suggesting checking church records, marriage records and burial records, and other friends who seem like they may have come from the same place. Many times they did not come alone. It seems that mine married a widow Malone from iowa and that is why he was there in San antonio.I have a notebook of many Other Meyer families of Texas. I can review better the possibilites if I know where the person I am checking came from. It also gives me other clues. I could have provided more info. If she thought there was a reason. since not I didn't put it out there. If you take no chances you get nothing. I found some of my family in germany. I did my homework and then took some chances. payed off. I thank you for your time and imput.