Heiko,
I appreciate your response to my inquiry on the origin of the surname Ahlers as being a patronym of Ahlert from Adelhart = "edel + hart" = "noble + hard/stern", which I was aware of. Now where does the "noble" come from? Is it very interesting that King Harald Hardrade (= "The Hard") is the Viking that ruled all of this Northern region at ancient times! Please look up the historian "Adam Of Bremen" for some references on the web!
As to whether Vikings ever settled where they raided, one has only to mention places like Normandy, York, Dublin and most of all, down the Dneiper to Kiev where they put the Rus in Russia!
I offer these thoughts to find the real meaning of our unique surnames and thereby our descendency, as I hope you appreciate!
Best Regards,
Richard
I've been reading the posts on the surnmames EHLERS and AHLERS�names that
until now I considered to be simple patronyms, nothing more.
Now, I'm wondering if anyone knows more about my surname: Stulken. I
don't know that it's a patronym, but I know nothing further about it.
Thank you kindly,
Marilyn