Through a 4 phased approach the project team has a goal of 1st establishing the connection from the earliest immigrant to overseas origins via a test of similar surnames.  In Phase II more participation from various US branches will be utilized to connect the branches of this surname found in the US and in the 3rd phase the branches will be refined based on the known tree's of the common ancestors in the US and abroad and in the 4th phase all information will be correlated into a report to document the various migrations of the common ancestors and their various spellings of similar surnames with common origins.