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 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.