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/zEC.2ACE/69.1 Message Board Post: Hey Judy, I have Ferdinand Hilger Ripp b 1884 Platte Center, NE. Parents-Ferdinand Ripp b Germany and Cathrina Reisb Prussia. Any idea where the name Hilger came from with the Ripp family or Reis family?