This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weber,Schmitz,Mertes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jEC.2ACE/151.799.916.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, our Anna Marie Weber's name changed to Mertes when she married Anton Mertes in 1829, in Germany. So we became Mertes after that. I've found that there are ...many...Anna Marie Webers out there. Yikes. Apparently everyone liked this name. Anna Marie may have had a ton of Weber relatives in the U.S., including yours, but the only one we know of is a Jacob Weber who sold them land in Fond du Lac,Wisconsin in 1850. We are also looking for a Nicholas Schmitz, but he was a priest and cousin to our Anna Marie. The Schmitz and Webers seemed to have many connections, but I don't know what they are yet. Good luck!