This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: photo66666 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/4925.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If they are not related, then your family is in the correct area to be related and would have the correct name to be related. I understand this group first came from Brazil to Road Island. I understand that about the same time, Queen Anne also agreed to take a few family groups to England/Scotland. There seems to be many converted Catholic and Methodist members in this overall group. I believe my Myers family from Pittsburgh is part of this overall Jewish family group through the Jewish Gratz family of Philadelphia and the Jewish Gist family of Baltimore. I actually have Baltimore Myers family members buried in the Myers lot in Pittsburgh before 1850. The family is both Methodist and Catholic living and working side by side in the 1800's. Even within my dad's family of 9 children, half the children were Catholic and the other half were Methodist. Something I could not understand until recently. If your read about the Myers Hays Mordecai group, this is what their doing and typical of Dutch Jewish Ideals. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.