I have the surname Zalfen, also near Bitburg. I wonder if there could be a connection to your Halfen family. In the old script a 'Z' and a 'H' could, I think, easily be mistaken for one another. >Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:29:02 EDT >From: Sansu4023@aol.com >To: TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <154355ca.2459f0de@aol.com> >Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] New Member >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I am a new member searching for information on the > >ARNOLDI(Y) >******************** >GERTEN >******************** >HALFEN >******************** >WILBERDING(WILWERDING, WILVERDING) >******************** >Anything about the village of ROHL, near Bitburg where my family came from. >Also, believe that part of the family came from Duddeldorf, which I think is >nearby. > Searching: Carpen, Dauben, Doyle, Harrington, Kerren (Kehren), Klas, McKinnon, MacDonald, Messerich, Nisen (Niessen), Schlitz, Zalfen (Zalffen)