This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3dB.2ACI/6133 Message Board Post: My mother always insisted her father was Pennyslvania Dutch and came from the Alscae area. Does anyone have any knowledge of the Ridinger family? I have traced them back to Peter Ridinger who was born 1793 (don't know where) but he was in Frederick Co., MD by 1817 where he married Catherine Shriner. Thanks Betty