hi tim. i was on vacation too, so i hadnt the possibility to write you back (was in utah for vacation). my dad told me that the Hehle family come from the souther part of germany. i guess there are 2 hehle familys. with one family im related with the other im not. i had relatives who used to live in the usa. they lived in the usa 100 years ago. i watch at our family tree and i found 2 men who lived in the usa. one man's name was joseph and one michael. did you know that the name HEHLE changed 3 times ? on my family tree i saw that the first Hehles lived in the 15th century. Benjamin