This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.de/stellen.europa.deutschland.schleswigholstein/6407.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Schleswig is not only a county but also a town near the Baltic sea in Schleswig-Holstein. I have not found a town/village called Clever, Klüver or Clüver and also never heard of it. Either this is the surname of your ancestors or it's a mispelling, when try to decipher the Suetterlin letters. Do you have an original document? Maybe I can help you with the guessing. I am coming from Northern Germany, so maybe when seeing the contents I might get a clue.