This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nordeck Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/78.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Darlene, The "Von" title along with the true German Spelling was changed when they came to America. According to documents I have, which I would have to pull back up to see the family menber's name the orginal spelling was Von Nordecke. He was a cabinet maker who came to the states but never returned. I have a valid copy of the orginal Travel Papers along with tanslation. It has the stamp marks on it, dates, and description of him. The orginial was in a trunk of my great-grandfather's that my dad made a copy for me.