This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RO.2ADE/103.1 Message Board Post: You need to get on the Gaston County site and ask that question. I used to live there and there's an active genealogy group. The name is also spelled LINGERFELDT in that area. Bob Carter Greensboro, NC