This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LINDAHL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/672.1 Message Board Post: WANDA, I CHECKED WITH THE "LINDAHL" I WORKED WITH AND SHE SAYS THAT AS FAR AS SHE IS AWARE, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR "LINDAHL'S" IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND SHE IS RELATED TO THE SMALLER OF THE TWO. THE NAME "MELVINA" DID NOT RING ANY BELLS WITH HER RIGHT OFF AND SHE WAS COMFORTABLE IN SAYING THAT THIS "LINDAHL" WAS NOT RELATED TO HER. HER HUSBAND'S ROOTS CAME FROM THE LINDAHLS THAT AQUIRED THE NAME THROUGH NAME CHANGE. I GUESS SCANDINAVIANS WERE REQUIRED TOO DO THAT WHNE THEY CAME OVER TO KEEP FROM HAVING TOO MANY OF THEM WITH THE SAME NAME? ANYHOW, THE LINDAHL NAEM FOR HER HUSBAND CAME THROUGH THIS MEANS...THE NAME WAS DRAWN FOR THEM. SORRY I COULD'NT BE OF MORE HELP! SHELLEY VAN LOO