mary, a common name in germany is "allgeier" (also with ey), english spelling would be allgire or possibly all the other versions in your post - it simply means "from the allgäu" which is a region in the far south of germany. jurgen ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Scott <mrscott@cambridgeoh.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 4:39 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > 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 >

Jurgen, Thank you for the information about the name Alkire. Mary