Achtung Sheriff!

I understand that at least in the US that anyone with that name is related. There are a slew of them spread out across the country. This started back when each family had ten kids and those ten had ten more etc. We don't know why our name is spelled like that. It could have been that they were rushed through Ellis Island and I understand a lot of American names were changed there because of error or not understanding the immigrants language.

Also, FWIW, some say our ancestors actually came out of Denmark. I have one Langholff's name from there but never got around to contacting them yet.

How about it Sheriff, isn't Langholff an unusual spelling for a German name?

Also, my grandpa'slast name who came from Bromberg was Hernday. That really isn't German either is it? I speculated that perhaps it was originally Herntag. Tag meaning day in German. Kind of like Steinway pianos. The original name I believe was Steinweg.

Which reminds me. Has anyone seen any Henway's in their local music store's??


Scott

[This message has been edited by Scott Langholff (edited 04-28-2005).]