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/3953.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if it helped, Becky. It opens the possibility that the guy I was following in Dorum, Hanover, Germany, has the right name, but is the wrong guy -- not my ancestor. Oh, what a nightmare! Genealogy is so much fun. Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll have to ponder this for a few days.