This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wortz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/587.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I know very little about the Wortz line. My grandfather, Charles, came out of NY and Pennsylvania. He had a brother Matthew, who farmed in Schenectady NY, I would guess in 1920's.