This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green/Gruen/Gruhn/Grune Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/2799.1.1 Message Board Post: Alexander: Thank you for answering. My grandfather, Karl Julius Green came over in 1889 and settled with family in Western New York on a farm somewhere in Allegany/Cattaraugus area. He came to Pgh as a Green, but in the mid-40s, his sons & daughters were in the will of his uncleor brother in Western New York whose name was one of the above "akas" or something close. Not much to go on, but I have made several trips to Western NY to Olean, but can't pinpoint any surnames that fit. Is your family from this area ? Any farmers ???? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your interest, June.