A university professor who specializes on old German once told me that the name Haniorg (as seen in the records of St. Michael's Church) was a fairly common nickname. He said the derivation went like this: Johannes Georg = Hans Georg = Haniorg New subject - The Haniorg and George Rexrode (of various spellings) mentioned in those church records do not appear to me to be George Rexrode Sr., son of Johannes Zacharias Rexrode the Pioneer. The wives, when named, don't match; the baptism dates of the children don't fit; and the geographical location of the church makes it impractical for him to have attended there. Also, it was not George of Zach who lived on the headwaters of Black Thorn. That was his son. This is seen in various land deeds and in the will of George Jr. Bill Rexroad Hutchinson, Kansas