This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wdB.2ACI/585.2 Message Board Post: If your ancestor is from Germany, then the name SNYDER was anglicized (made English) probably when he emigrated to America. In Baden I would be looking for Schneider or other German versions of the name.