This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Knauf Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACE/3253.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Watch your spelling variations here Dick. Also look for Neff, Noff, Nauf, and any other variations without the K. Have you worked backwards in the deeds yet? And the wills. Also, have you checked for a family file at the Historical Society. As far as I can remember you are NOT the only person researching this BUT the crowd here has thinned quite a bit.