KIRCHER Family Papers, 1879-1858 <A HREF="http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/012special/kir.html">http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/012special/kir.html</A> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The above KIRCHER Family Papers written by Johannes Gerhard KIRCHER b Vincennes, Knox County, IN, 1857 d Chicago, 1925 and his brother Helmuth Julius KIRCHER b Vincennes, Knox County, IN, 1859 d Chicago, 1940 - in The KIRCHER Family Archives - were first discoverd in Mettmann, Germany in the 1980s time frame while researching this line back to the early 1600s. States mentioned in the papers are Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. It might be of interest to know that Mettmann, Germany is the home of a very large regional bakery owned by KIRCHERs of this line. There is also a street in Mettmann named the Daniel KIRCHER Strasse.  This email was prepared for submission to [email protected]  The following is added for your reading enjoyment:     ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAPLES DAILY NEWS, August 31, 2003 Ralf Kircher: Storytelling comes easy at a beach fire <A HREF="http://www.naplesnews.com/03/08/neapolitan/d967476a.htm">http://www.naplesnews.com/03/08/neapolitan/d967476a.htm</A> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The KIRCHER/Kerchner/Kirchner/Karchner/Kaerchner/Kercher/ Karcher/Kaercher and Similar German Surnames Y-DNA Chromosome ID Project" is active and on-going.  The KIRCHER DNA Project is a supplement to - not a substitution for  - the living, on-going, non-profit work in progress of the KIRCHER Family Archive's attempt to connect KIRCHERs to KIRCHERs - all KIRCHERs who ever lived - all places, all time frames - to one another.  MALES with the KIRCHER surname are invited to participate. Submission of a DNA sample is simple. Just a swab from the inside of the cheek is all that is required. Your DNA sample has the potential of connecting you with another KIRCHER and/or other KIRCHER lines and taking your particular KIRCHER line back hundreds of years. Know of a KIRCHER anywhere in the world with an email address or someone doing KIRCHER research? Forward their email address to me and I will add them to my Worldwide KIRCHER FAMILY mailing list. Neither me, Tom KIRCHER, nor the "Project Facilitator" have a financial interest in the KIRCHER DNA initiative. We simply want to connect KIRCHERs to KIRCHERs and have brick walls separating KIRCHER lines, want to tear them down, and need KIRCHER DNA. to help accomplish the task. Questions? Contact either me or Tommy KIRCHER at email address [email protected]   Bob Kircher, Fort Myers, Florida