I am a new member to the list and wanted to summarize the surnames that I am researching. My ancestors came from Westfalen (Estern, Stadtlohn). BOENNING BROEYELS EFFING KOCKERT MEYERING NIENHAUS PASCHERT RATHMAN ROETTGERS -- \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ------- oOOo-(_)-oOOo--------------------------- Timothy J. Barron tjbarro@ibm.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1236/ --------------------Oooo.----------------------- .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_)