This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bienz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BGB.2ACI/429.1 Message Board Post: I don't have any info on Brown, but do on Bienz. Have you researched your name back past Baltas (Germany) or Rudolf (Bern, Switzerland)? I assume you are from one of those branches.