This website shows some of the research I've done on the Ruskauff and Freker families:

http://earlydues.usanethosting.com/ruskauff/index.htm

From documents in the United States, Netherlands and Germany, and from letters and family histories, different spellings have been found for Ruskauff and Freker, as follows:

Friday, Freitag, Frecker, Froeker, Fraker, Freker, Freeker

Ruskuff, Ruskauff, Ruskaff, Ruskauf, Rüsko, Rüskou, Rußkaup, Rußkauf, Rüscou, Rostock, Ruskaup, Ruskamp, Ruskaup, Rußkamp, Russcoup, Russkof, Ruskhof, Ruskoff, Roskeupp, Roskauff, Roskamp, Roscoff, Rosknop, Roßkamp, Rosskaup, Roschkhauf, Roskauff

Ruskauff is a name that is a Niederdeutsch dialect. It means "horse buyer."

If anyone has pictures or information they'd like posted on my website, or want to share information, please let me know.

Thanks,
Debbie

My other Ruskauff website can be found here:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~familienge...

~Debbie