Hello, I thought I would share with you all an interesting genealogical tid-bit, off the subject England but lots of fun nonetheless. My father-in-law is in ill health so while we were waiting for the eye doctor we talked about his family and I took notes. He told me the story of his aunt Marie. She was German. At the end of World War I, her GI American boyfriend shipped home. However, she was pregnant, which he didn't know at the time. A friend who was still stationed there told him somehow. Instead of leaving her to her own devices, he made his way back to Germany, married her, and raised a family here in the United States! I think of what a trip that must have been in 1918. It's quite a story. I was impressed by the story, so did some digging on ancestry.com. By confirming what town Peter's dad (my wife's grandfather was born in), and searching on Marie's death in Oregon, I found her on another tree with loads of documentation. Everything makes sense. I wrote the person who posted the tree and have not heard back yet, but I'm very optimistic that it's my wife's relative. Sometimes it's lots of fun to put together the jigsaw puzzle! I cannot find anything on my father-in-law's grandparents online yet though. If anyone has suggestions on searching German genealogy, I would appreciate it. My wife's grandfather was Peter Ries, born 15 Apr 1905 in Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. I read online that Mayen was almost completely destroyed by Allied bombing in World War II, so records may be scarce. This is part of Alsace - Lorraine. Suggestions would be appreciated! Cheers, Tony