This definitely sounds like a lead. Thanks for your help Maelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laun Charlie" <claun@beardsley.com> To: "Charles and Madelyn" <ctucker@mchsi.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:13 PM Subject: Bisch origin -----Original Message----- From: Laun Charlie Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:12 PM To: 'alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com' Subject: RE: [A-L] (no subject) There is a passport application on Ancestry.com for a Frederick Bisch, Residing in Pittsburg PA, Born 30 Dec 1845 in Westhofen Germany. Arrived in US 5 May 1885, Naturalized in US Western District Court, Pittsburg, PA on 5 Nov 1891. The application was made on the 14 May 1901. This is probably Westhofen, Rhinepfaltz, Germany, Near Worms. Good Luck -----Original Message----- From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert E. Hausman Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:39 PM To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-L] (no subject) It was much easier to say you were from Germany in 1910 -before the crusade against the Kaiser- than it was in 1920, two years after the armistice. Take a look at some of the political cartoons during the war years. Rob Hausman At 10:38 AM 4/10/2008, you wrote: > I have tried many resources and have been unable to find much on my > grandfather or grandmother. I have always heard that they were both > from Alsace but have found no proof except on Census I have found my > grandmothers parents Frederick and Elizabeth Bisch (I think nee > Renner) were both from Germany in the 1910 USA census and had come > over in 1983. However in the 1920 USA census Elizabeth was listed as > from Alsace and both of her parents were from Alsace. They were > living in Piitsburgh PA on both of these censuses and my grandmother > was Emma Bisch. My grandfather was John Kaechele. He stated on the > 1910 census that he was Swiss-German as were his parents. I have been > told his parents were named Casper and Anna (nee Readausch) Kaechele. > John died in 1915 in Pittsburgh. > >Thank you for this service. You help so many people find their roots. > >Madelyn Tucker >Florida ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message