I'm up for this adoption thing, but I want you to know you just inherited some really troublesome surnames. To wit: KNOER From Switzerland. Three brothers immigrated 1855: Johan (John), Josef (Joseph) and Jakob (Jacob) gg-grandpa. John last located in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio 1880. Disappeared to ???? Joseph died 1863, while serving as corporal with 14th Ohio Infantry company H. Left behind one son Christian, who was married in Ottawa County, Ohio in 1881. Jacob lived in Swiss Colony in Franklin County, Tennessee until his death in 1904. Most descendants known and located. WEISBROD. From Reilingen, Germany. Just help me PROVE that Sophia (gg-grandma) is the daughter of Jacob John Weisbrod, who immigrated to Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa in 1853 (with brother Johan Konrad), and we have this family traced back to 1610. RICH. Cherokee tribe. Located Washington County, Arkansas, then Grayson County, Texas. Probably originally from Tennessee or North Carolina. MITCHELL. From Scotland, near Edinburg. Immigrant ancestor, William Kerr Mitchell. Son, Alexander Mitchell, born 18 Aug 1845. Get this, the Scottish database incorrectly identifies his parents as John Mitchell and Jessie Kidd. What is the next course to take to trace the family in Scotland? TVINNEREIM. Tvinnereim, Nordjford, Norway to Webster, Day County, South Dakota. Can anyone understand the Norwegian Census??? There you have it, new cousins. A whole new set of stumbling blocks and brick walls. Isn't this fun? Beth