Hi Eric, That's a shame about the marriage and death certificates. Just where you'd most expect to see parents' names listed. Have you checked cemetery records? Often those will list parents' names, even if no death certificate exists. You might give that a shot. Was there a Catholic church the family attended in Chicago? Could be another great source opportunity if he had a funeral there. It's possible there's an obit out there as well. I have a few memberships to newspaper databases where I could do some searching. Contact me directly with more details and I would be happy to do a search for you. If all else fails, I recommend Stasa Cvetkovic as a researcher who could help you. My latest (youngest) VOELKER ancestor is Magdalena, daughter of Martin, husband of Adam SCHLENHARDT. She was born say 1815 (still pinning down birth date) in Ruma. So it's outside of the timeframe where it would be relevant for the picture you have - also I have no picture of anyone in this family. Can't remember if I saw you on my Oma's brother's DNA matches for AncestryDNA. If we do match, this would be just one confirmed line where we intersect, but knowing Ruma cousins I have found, there will probably be additional lineal intersections. Best regards, Mike Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:34:26 +0000 (UTC) > From: Eric Jiran <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>, Michael Ewing > <[email protected]> > Subject: [DVHH] DVHH] RUMA - Felker > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Mike, > > Can you tell me more about your Felker ancestors from Ruma? My > great-grandfather Anton Felker was born in Ruma in 1901 and left for > Chicago in 1921, his mother was Magdelena but we don't know her maiden > name. We don't have a first name for his father. We THINK he was raised > by an aunt and uncle. I have a picture of Anton and some other family > members (I think) taken when he as about 10 or 12 in Ruma. I can send that > to you if you have pictures to compare it with. > > Thanks! > Eric > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:48:37 +0000 (UTC) > From: Eric Jiran <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>, Michael Ewing > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [DVHH] Ruma > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Mike, > > I just saw this e-mail...The parents section only shows "unknown Felker" > for father and "Magdelena" for mother on Anton's death certificate. I also > have a copy his marriage certificate to my great-grandmother from Ruma, and > it lists his mother Magdelena Felker, no father is listed. > > Cheers! > Eric >