This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kresen, Berndt, Zarnstorff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/764.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm certain there's a connection here :-) My great-grandmother is Minnie Augusta Berndt b. 1/31/1855 in Germany, d. 1/11/1940 in Wisconsin, buried in Hudson Cem, Lyons, Walworth Co, WI. She married Carl Frank Kresen aka Karl Ferdinand Kresen, b. 10/9/1852 in Germany, d. 1/29/1928 in Wisconsin, buried same. Their son Herman is my grandfather. My Mom thought Minnie’s dad’s name was Henry or Heinrich but Mom’s passed on now. I know the Kresen side settled around the Lake Geneva area and my grandpa lived in Tomahawk before he died. I believe Minnie & Carl married in Germany so I am assuming both families may have settled in the same vicinity. If any of this sounds familiar, I’d appreciate sharing info.