Hi Sandy- I don't have any credentials that would enable me to give you as accurate an answer as you'd like but maybe I can help a bit. I typed in the name LYNN and location Germany at familysearch.org, the Mormon Genealogy search site. The most common forms of the name that came back were; LINN, LIND, LINDE and LINDT. There were a couple instances of LYNN and LYNDE. Using the letter "I" in a surname spelling would be far more common than using the letter "Y". That is just my conclusion from many years of German family research. If you go to RootsWeb and check out their German Mail Lists, you will see some ideal groups to join where you may be better off joining and asking the same question. I see there is one such group named German Surnames. That looks like it would be a great start. If you do find out anything interesting, would you please share it? I'd be interested in hearing what you may learn. SISU! John in Racine WI Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:58:21 -0800 > From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Question re german translators on this list > To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <02dc01c73439$47a05aa0$0300a8c0@Accounting> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I would like to know if Lynn could possibly be a German last name? If so I > wonder how it would be spelled as I'm wondering if Lynn isn't an > Americanization. > > Sandy P