This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MAERZ/MAERTZ/MARTZ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1704 Message Board Post: I am researching brothers Johann Maertz (born 1827 in Prussia) and Friedrich Maertz (born 1830). The brothers came to Maple Grove, Manitowoc County in the mid-1850's. The Maertz name is common in Sheboygan County and I would like to learn if the families are related or if they came from the same area in Germany.