valarie, Thanks for emailing me..Yes the surname SPOHN is very difficult. I was trying to put a relation to my 4th ggrandmother Margareth Spohn and a Jeremiah Spohn who my 3rd ggrandfather was living with in 1860. However, I have not come up with anything yet. Yet alone, I can't figure out what happened to my 4th ggrandparents. I have been collecting tons of data online, and adding it to my family tree maker program. They may be unrelated, but one never knows when that unrelated person winds up being related right? I am totally stumped. My family and other researchers online have told me that my 3rd ggrandfather was Native American. I haven't been able to find any article that they claim is in the news papers to prove that fact. When I trace his surname which is Firing, Firing comes from Norway and Spohn is German. I'm trying to figure out how could he have been native american. I have tons of information on him now, but none of it is making any sense to me. I guess if he is listed white, he is white. KNow what i mean :)..Anyway keep me posted on how things are going on your spohn line, and if i find anything I'll let you know. Ivana ----- Original Message ----- From: <kitsacat@webtv.net> To: <PAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 5:13 AM Subject: [PAMONTGO-L] SPOHN SURNAME > hello Ivana: > i saw your post re: spohn. my paternal gmother, Edna Moyer Landis,, > had a younger sister, Irene Moyer. > Irene married Walter SPOHN. Aunt Irene is still alive; walter is decsd. > the SPOHNS, irene and walter, had at least two sons: Carl and Richard > Spohn. > SPOHN is an unusual name; Irene was born and lives in berks and > montgomery counties, or that vicinty, in PA. she and walter lived > outisde of boyertown, pa. Carl and Richard (i might be wrong on > richard's name) but Carl and all that family live in or about boyertown. > dont know if this helps. > > i live in phoenix, az, currently. but i was born in pottstown and grew > up in gilbertsville. went to boyertown HS. my parents, harold and > stella landis, jr., live in gilbertsville. my only brother, tom landis, > lives in boyertown. > > i'll be visiting them over thanksgiving and doing more genealogy work. > a good way to put meaning in the words "thanks-giving". > > where do you live? let me know re: spohn. > > regards, > > valerie landis. > > > ==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > > ============================== > FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! > Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >