Hi Barbara thank you for your response would you know if Emmering is a root of Emmerling and it's variations. Once again thanks for your help. Tom in FL Surnames I am researching: Paternal: Bardon-Barden, Carey, Dunnigan and Hurson. Maternal: Bauer,Eastwood, Emling-Emerling -Emmerling, Finster, Haag, and Schaefer http://community.webtv.net/TOM727/BARDONFAMILYHISTORY