This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XhB.2ACE/588.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if these families are related, but are in the same general area. My GGGgrandparents, Johann and Maria Find Meyer, came from Germany to the Bernardo area in the early 1800's. Their oldest son, my GGgrandfather J. Daniel Meyer, was born in Bernardo in 1847. Perhaps your August and my Johann were brothers who came from Germany together.