This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/an/DcB.2ACE/3323.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There's no immediate link that I can see, but first names often underwent some significant changes when immigrants "blended" in with their new communities. Can you tell me when your father and grandfather were born and where they lived? I think I can probably help if I have that information. I'm particularly interested in where they were in 1930 and before.