Within the book written by Audrey Frady Rivenbark, late of Charlotte, NC we have access to her typed pages where she mentions the the possibility of an unverifiable Reifenberg connection many decades ago.  I expect it is only how a German would say their name, and how an Irish Gael might hear it, and then write it all down for new deeds and title and such.  From that point forward they were content with how their name was spelled because now they could begin their legacy.  Her book is titled; Rivenbarks of Eastern North Carolina with the last volume of 1994.  One of the book's co-authors is Bobby Williams of Daphne Florida.  His mother is Nellie Gray Rivenbark; my grandmother's sister.

The objective for me personally is the find the genetic line in the Old World and unite it with Today's World.  Join in and help.