This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Birkhimer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.muskingum/439.437/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I kind of doubt that you'll see this 7 years later, but I have a question. I've been to Dresden, and went to the cemetary there. If his name was Silas Newton, why doea it read Newton S.?