Hello, I am tracing my GENIUS family who I am told came from Haardt, near Neustadt, on the Wine Road. JAMES GENIUS (b. 1834) was the son of FRANCIS EDWARD GENIUS and MARGARET SCHUMAN. There were 2 other children: HENRY GENIUS (b. 1839) and CHARLOTTE GENIUS. The family was Protestant. And Francis Edward Genius was supposedly the Burgermeister of his village in the early 1800s. Has anyone ever heard of the surname GENIUS? I have been told that there was no GENIUS family in Haardt. I am wondering if the name GENIUS was originally something else when the family was in Germany. Any suggestions or advice appreciated. Pam Sulzer Louisiana