Hi, Yesterday at the Family History Library, I was searching the Bergenhusen Evangelical parish registers and I found this surname. In fact, our family had a researcher trace our BENSEN line in St. Annen parish. (Both of these parishes are located in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany). She discovered that the third wife of Juergen BENSEN, Sr. was the mother of Juergen BENSEN, Jr. and that her maiden name was TOEPKE/TOEPKEN or also CHRISTIANSEN, since her father's first name was probably Christian. As I researched in Bergenhusen I happened to glance at an entry for the KOEPKE/KOEPKEN family of that parish and in one of the places, where the surname appeared in the entry the first letter resembled a T instead of a K. However, the next Capital letter at the beginning of this surname was definitely a K. I think that this is where my little great-grannie several greats back was born and christened. Unfortunately, there are no marriage records on microfilm here, so I might find her mar! riage to Juergen BENSEN, Sr. or any christening records for her, since she was born about 1725. The baptisms on this record begin in 1727. Monday, I plan on going back to see, if I can find a Christian KOEPKE. There were some confirmation records among the baptisms. Maybe, hers was one of these. Besides, the Church records for the 1700's is there any other record that might be in an archive near Bergenhusen with family information. What about any city records, etc.? Thank you for any help that you can give me. Karla Nurnberg --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search