Fred, Have you tried the LDS FamilySearch website (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp). They have a database where the last names are separate from first names and you will not have that problem. There are several George families listed in Germany and Pennsylvania. >Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:38:46 -0700 >From: fclarke@juno.com >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <20001211.104001.-810309.5.fclarke@juno.com> >Subject: [PFALZ] Georg = Yearick? >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Comments please >My paternal grandmother was Pearl Yearick. The story is that her >gggrandfather Johann >Georg came from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania USA in 1757. His son was >Adam Georg (among >others) but all of Adam's children had surname of Yearick >1788 >"because of the way >Germans pronounce Georg it was americanized to the way it >sounds...Yearick). Now I havn't >found any Georg in Germany yet. It's tough to search on because one often >gets the given >name of George also. I have found Georick in early Pennsylvania documents >however. I would >love to have folks who speak german confirm the possibility that Georg >could sound like >Yearick to Americans and any info about Georg family and/or "the >Palatinate". It looks to >me as if there were several Palatinates, perhaps through out Germany so >my best bet would >be to find out where in Germany Georg was a popular surname. >Fred Clarke >fclarke@juno.com >19885 W 69th Ave >Arvada CO 80004 >303 424 2560 > > -- mailto:fhheld@netzero.net _______________________________________________ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html