This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wagenhals Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jUB.2ACI/268.1 Message Board Post: I have a letter from a spokesperson from the "Funk & Wagnalls" corporation that states the speeling of Wagnalls was originally Wagenhals, and due to a brotherly spat over business that one son changed the spelling of his name to Wagnalls, I believe his father was Adam Wagenhals, from Franzfeld, Hungary. My Great Grandfather Joseph (YOSEF) Wagenhals had a brother named Adam, but the bad thing is all the the families seemd to name their children the same names over and over again, thus a very hard time distiguishing who is who. I will try to get a copy of that letter posted on my website you may visit at www.wagenhalsgleasonfamily.org