Jim Ross, My Ross ancestors came from near the area of the Eifel.. The furthest back I go is Jean Henri Ross born abt. 1740 in Manderfeld, Prussia (in Belgium since 1920) who married Anne Claire Murges in Manderfeld and had a son Jean Jacques Ross who I am descended from. Jean's son Hubert Ross and his wife Anna Marie Christen were the emigrants with their 7 children, including my grandmother Anna. They settled in Southern Minnesota near New Ulm. She married Christian Turbes also from Manderfeld. Any connection? Joan-from Sunny California -- Joan Schneider Born Researching Surnames: Austria-Bohemia; LIEBL, SCHNEIDER, YOUNG(YUNG), HUNA, BENESCH, LENG Germany; BORN, HERRMAN Eastern Belgium(formerly Prussia,Germany) TURBES, ROSS, GROSJEAN, CHRISTEN, MURGES,LAMBY,DROMMER, HAMMES, KLINKERS, KNOTT, HUPERTZ, BRAND