Yes, I'm curious about "Rudy LUTZ". Some of the alternate spellings of Lotz are Lutz, Loetz, Luts, Lots, etc. The reason I'm curious is that I have a distant "cousin" in Germany named Rudi Schroeder. There has been no contact with him since the 1960s, but he is about my age and should be around still. I just sent a letter to the only Rudi Schroeder listed in one of the Internet White Pages for Hamburg so maybe I've found him. I've never heard of the Schleswig-Holstein Veren in San Francisco. If anyone has any info, I would be interested. Is this an ongoing organization or was it an immigrant organization that has died out? The existence of such a group might explain how my great grandparents got to the bay area. Speaking of organizations, Henry Lotz was a Mason. Is it possible to contact the Masons and get information about former members? Roselawn Cemetery, were these people are buried, was started by the Masons in Livermore. I have the remains of a parchment, now mostly eaten by bacteria, that identified Henry as a Mason. The document is (was) written in German. My wife can read the old German script so translation wasn't a problem. Also, the picture on it was a dead giveaway. It's the same one you can see in many histories of Germany depicting a leaderhosen clad hunter entering his home with a fist full of game to much excitement by wife and kids. Now that I've mentioned Masons, my other great grandfather, Capt. Charles Harrington McLeod, was a Mason as well. He settled late in life in Oakland, CA with his second family. He was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1840 and died in S.F. Harbor in 1911 after rowing out to his ship, the Costa Rica. Capt. Charlie is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland with his half brother Capt. Will. I don't expect Capt. Charlie was a registered voter in 1890. His second family is included in the Pictou County, Nova Scotia census of 1901. He was probably at sea at the time. Regards Steve McLeod Markham, Virginia Dear Steve, remember, women could not vote in 1890 so will not be listed. >Henry (or Heinrich) LOTZ and wife Geesche (or Lanrap). No LOTZ, or LOTS, there is a Rudy LUTZ. No LANRAP >house was owned by Magnus HANSEN, "a cousin pg 17, HANSEN, Magnus; Age 39; Bplace Germany; Residence Murray/Livermore Ward 2; Registration date 16 Oct 1890; Naturalized. Martha near Seattle