The goals of this project are to: 1) identify the common ancestors of all Marlatt family members, and 2) identify the descendants of Gedeon Merlet b. ca 1624. Surnames of interest include: Marlatt, Marlett, Marlette, Marlot, Marlott, Merlat, Morlatt, Murlatt, Malott, Mollet, Mellott and similar spelling variants.