Greetings, To add to this particular subject I have some input for you. My Baden ancestors followed each other to the States of Iowa and Nebraska. At that time both states were offering 80 acres to homestead with the stipulation that they built a house and farmed the land. Some of the individuals wrote home about this free land and influenced brothers to come and do the same. It has been suggested to me that a lot of the Germans who came over stayed within their own because of monies. One ancestor, because he knew exactly where he was going (Nebraska), did port in New Orleans. Franz was a stone mason in Germany and when he reached Lincoln, Nebraska he was immediately put to work on the State Capitol Building. Franz never fullfilled his dream of owning 80 acres as once the building was finished there were plenty of houses to work on. As he says in a letter to "Papa", once the houses are done then the women will come. I have a question for the list. I ordered microfilm of the Biberach and Seelbach kinship books from the Morman Church. Has anyone ordered and seen if their film is readable? By for now - Maurine