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/ZVC.2ACE/2135.1 Message Board Post: My g.grandfather emigrated from Oldenburg Germany (Prussia) in 1843. His emigration papers show both the name GREVE & GREVER. The Greve family was originally in Alsace Lorraine when it was under French rule, and the German "r" was added when the area came under German rule. He went to Cincinnati Ohio where many Grevers lived. Have you ever seen the "Grever" spelling with your family, Joan Grever, Lexington KY