Thanks for your reply. With genealogists hope springs eternal. When I was very young (in Nebraska) we lived a couple doors down from a family named Duff.....not a common name. John

John, My husband's father's family were from Nebraska City. His uncles (grandfather's brothers--Nicolas and Chris) stayed there. Ralph was a son of one of them. The last time I was there, the Duff name was still faintly on the grain elevators. Ralph had a carburetor shop. Nicolas spent his lifetime there, but Chris moved to Denver. I believe that grandfather, Michael also died in Nebraska City. There was a wonderful volunteer in town (was her name Lizzie?) who had a file on every family. She was great. Carol John D Bentz wrote: >Thanks for your reply. With genealogists hope springs eternal. When I was >very young (in Nebraska) we lived a couple doors down from a family named >Duff.....not a common name. John > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska (so did Johnny Carson)..in case you'd like to pursue that angle further. The Norfolk Duff's could well have been relatives of those in Nebraska City. You could go to USgenweb and get in touch with someone in Madison county.....the Norfolk Daily News could probably come up with an obituary if you have an approximate date. John

In reply to: Duff.....not a common name. John --------------------------- It is if you come from Scotland. [# Duff, King of Scots (d. 967) ancestor of the Earls of Fife: see Wikipedia: DUFF surname] Regards David [An Englishman exiled in Fife, Scotland] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 11/06/2007 17:10