Vito & Ghyll wrote: > I have recently found out that my roots go back to Leer in Germany. > My great great grandfather was Georg Friedrich von Coeverden. He > married Grietje Lueloss. They had a son Georg von Coeverden in 1812 > in Leer. In 1836 he married Frederica Gesine Tolle in Bremen. Does > anyone know of a connection to this family and can bring them to > America. The son of this union was Johann Carl Adolph von > Coeverden(Charles Van Covern), and he came to America in 1870. Do I > have any relatives in Europe or America? Hopefully, > Ghyll > Coeverden is a town in Holland, close to the German border I suspect that your family has connections with the van Coeverden family line from Holland. An English branch of the same family changed the name to Vancouver and includes the famous Captain George Vancouver (born 1757). Ron Martell Microsoft MVP http://onlinehelp.bc.ca