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/6339.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I don't have anything on this specifically, but I am a bancke from Oregon and know that our roots are German, which I found interesting, so I thought I would post something. I have always wondered if I still have any relatives in germany, as I now live here.