This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZJYBAEB/1209.1 Message Board Post: i think hans is actually a german name,from the research i've done i have noticed that there were many zimmermans in pennsylvainia during that time period with german names ..not to mention my grandfther Allvin Zimmerman , was of german decent.I dont know much about my ancestry but i do know that the information i have given you is correct.maybey you could e-mail me so that the we could furthure disguss this matter and both of us could find out more about were we came from. thank you in advance.