Hi. Is anyone researching the Stricker family in St. Louis? Andrew, from Giseladorf, and his wife Marie were close friends with my grandparents. I have a copy of a newspaper article that I would forward to any descendants. Thanks. Judy Elgin, IL

Hi Judy, It's been a long time. Good to see you are still "attached". Three years ago I had the great good fortune to connect with long lost cousins, Anna and Elisabeth Bertram that were born in Giseladorf and married men from Rekasch. One of those fellows is Eriche Stricker, married Elisabeth and the other is Erwin Birnstill, married Anna. So far Erwin and I are the only ones that correspond, he in German and me in English. I use http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ to translate. They all now live in Karlsruhe, Germany. I wrote to Erwin just a while ago and told him of your offer. I don't know if my cousins and Andrew/Marie are related. I'll let you know. Thank you. David Thas (Thes) Elverta, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Van Dusen To: banat@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:58 PM Subject: [BANAT-L] STRICKER surname in St. Louis Hi. Is anyone researching the Stricker family in St. Louis? Andrew, from Giseladorf, and his wife Marie were close friends with my grandparents. I have a copy of a newspaper article that I would forward to any descendants. Thanks. Judy Elgin, IL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message