In a message dated 10/12/00 4:01:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293503137&code=628826&mode=invite >> Kris, This is a great site. I have a question about the Kern surname. Was it ever spelled Kerns? I have an ancestor, Ruth Kerns, who married a Hazel man in Delaware. They went to Ohio, to Medina County, then to Amherst, Lorain County. Is there a chance that both surnames are connected? Patricia (Edwards) Maher Paw Paw, MI