Thank you for the information and other search ideas. Like I said in my post, I was trying to read hand-written data and the names and areas were spelled several different ways. According to verbal family history they came from an area where depending on the timeline was German at times and French at other times. My mother always referred to Alsace Lorraine area but I don't have anything to prove this. And I have always questioned the spelling of FRISON knowing that many coming over to U.S. changed the spelling. Again, thank you for the ideas. Gale