This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Werda Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/739.1057.1.2 Message Board Post: I am the great granddaughter of Valentine Werda. On his manifest he listed that he was going to Pensylvania to his uncle Joseph who then came to Alpena, MI with him and I know a lot of history from then on. I do not know the parents of Valentine but I do know his wifes' name Marianna Konczak who also came from Poland along with children. Do you know more? Is this the same family? Valentine also had two brothers that came to Alpena by the name of Stanislaus and Jacob. We also had another Stanislaus in Alpena whom I believe was the brother of Joseph.