This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MICHELS, BRINKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IGB.2ACI/379.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Dona, I'm sorry to say I have not come across any info on the MICHELS family in my BRINKER research. Rootsweb does have both a MICHELS message board and mailing list where postings might be helpful. Good luck, Lorelei PS I have found a number of families where brothers married sisters and vice versa.Tracing the related name can be helpful.