Hi Pat I can't help much but you never know....I have a Dora SIMON married Martin SCHOEPF about 1920. Dora's father came to U.S.A. from *Hof, Bavaria*. in 1886. It is a short in the dark but it is possible that the SCHOEPF and SIMON families are from the same area. I will give you more info if needed but I don't have much.....still searching. Hope this helps, -- Bob Simon, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Researching Surnames: S E W A R D, J E N K I N S, M A R T I N, C O L T E R, D O D G E, T U C K E R, S I M O N, H U N G E R, P O E H L M A N(N) -- Bob Simon, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Researching Surnames: S E W A R D, J E N K I N S, M A R T I N, C O L T E R, D O D G E, T U C K E R, S I M O N, H U N G E R, P O E H L M A N -----Original Message----- From: Pat Conner <pawnee@qnet.com> To: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:41 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] LOCATION HELP >The following surnames are listed as being from Bavaria. They all >arrived in Baltimore Maryland in 1852. I am wondering if anyone knows >what part of Bavaria of 1852 they might have been from! I am trying to >locate information about my GG Grandfather, Johannes RIES. Thanks for >any information anyone can give me! > >ABERSICH DAVER GOTTFRIED KACH MOLZER TARABER >ADLER DEUBINGER GRAEBER KARRER MOSER VOGEL >ADKER DIEDERICH GRIESHAMMER KERN NEIDHARD VOGELER >ADLER DREGEL HOECKEL KLEINLEIN RAIB WEISBROD >APPEL ECK HOFFMANN KNIERISHM RIES WEITH >BAUER ENGZENPERGEL HOLLANDER KRAMER RUPP >BLOCK ERNST HOMANN KRAUS SCHOEPF >BOPP FELDMANN HOPPER LASKER SCHUBERT >BROSS GAUTERT JAMMER LEILMEIER SCHUTZ >BUSCH GERRIVE JUNG LUEBKE SEITZ > >Of course, I am hoping all of these people came from the same place! >Thanks for your time >Pat in California > > >==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== >Sister or Brother, >Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal >