You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. Barbara roland elliott wrote: >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation >>correct in the new surroundings. >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>Barbara >> >>Mary Scott wrote: >> >> >> >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? >>> >>> >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>Mary >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more > obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those > from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, > >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > > > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). > >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > >>correct in the new surroundings. > >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > >>Barbara > >> > >>Mary Scott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? > >>> > >>> > >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond > >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; > >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they > >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > > > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. > >>>Mary > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >>> > >>> > >go to: > > > > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

No burden. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure who is more disappointed when I can't find a name, me or the person who asked. <G> Barbara roland elliott wrote: >I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more >>obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those >>from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. >>Barbara >> >>roland elliott wrote: >> >> >> >>>Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >>>Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>>>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>>>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>>>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of >>>>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation >>>>correct in the new surroundings. >>>>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>>>Barbara >>>> >>>>Mary Scott wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do >>> >>> >correspond > > >>>with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; >>>some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said >>> >>> >they > > >>>came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>Mary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>============================== >>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>> >>>>> >records, > > >>>>> >>>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>============================== >>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>> >>>> >records, > > >>>> >>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >