I would supect as a possibility that "CLARK" was probably not his real last name if he was born in Germany. Perhaps he changed it or it was changed during the emigration process for some reason. Have you researched the census records and immigration records? Do you know where in Germany he was born? Just some possible research ideas... From Joe ARLT........joearlt@juno.com......CLARK Clearing House... Compulsive Genealogy Searcher, (NY of particular interest), ARLT, CLARK, COSTELLO, COVERT, FALANGA, GUIDETTI, HIGGINS, KONEN, PARISI, RIDER, TOMPKINS, Van AUKEN & WAGNER On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:32:33 -0400 JimDeeClark@netscape.net (Dee) writes: > Hi, I have an George W. Clark, b. about 1851, Germany, who lived in > Omaha, NE. in 1900. His wife was called Belle. The moved to Iowa, > then to Fort Omaha. He was a wagon master then. His son, Benjamin > Franklin (Frank) is outr grampa. I've been trying to trace them > back. > I'll be happy to exchange any information I have, if we're talking > about the same family. > It is rummored, he had several wives. > Dee