This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Metscher family Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SMB.2ACI/911.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know of your Lutjens.My Mom Alice Anna "Josephine" (Josie)Lutjen Metscher,had several brothers.But none were named Samuel John.I did have an Uncle Frank Lutjen who live at Sedalia for many years.Sorry I couldn't help.We may be cousins,but right now I can't connect us...Betty