This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scherr, Lange Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CRFBAEB/79.2.1 Message Board Post: My Scherr family came from Arnstadt, Germany, and settled in Chicago, Illinois. The Lange side of my family came from Krempe and Elmshorn, two towns near Hamburg, in Germany. Thank you for you inquiry.