This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Klasi - Tschetter - Gross - Hofer - Smejkal - Mach - Hefti Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jVB.2ACE/27.3.2 Message Board Post: Hi Colleen, My father's side of the family were Tschetter's, Hofer's and Gross, I have some information I believe they were Meninites that came from South Russia around the 1870's I think.