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/QUB.2ACE/1040.1 Message Board Post: Since I didn't see where you were from I was not sure if you know the connection between the DeGraffenreid family originally from Switzerland and New Bern NC (in Craven co. next to Lenoir co.), a town that was founded by a Baron DeGraffenreid in the early 1700's. Josh