In a message dated 1/10/99 2:40:35 PM, [email protected] writes: <<grandfather was a Stephan/Steffan W. AMRICH/EMRICH born about 1878. He was living in Detroit >> Have you tried the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library? They may have news clippings, or other files which are relevant. Most families of the time had some religious affiliation; maybe Lutheran or Catholic for a German. Try the churches in the neighbourhood where they lived for information on the wife and child especially. Do you know what happened to him at all after the discovery? Ie. does the trail pick up at a later date? Have you checked the Detroit area cemeteries for burial information? They mostly have very good records. We are German Lutherans from the area and