Dear Listers, I want to thank many who have provided me with such good, relevant information re: my family history. Tomorrow, many of us will gather at Ramona, KS, for an annual Brunner reunion. (Descendants of George Henry Brunner and his wife, Eva Beisel. Both were born in 1872 in Russia and immigrated to the USA, Woodbine, KS, in 1892. Her parents were Andrew and Eva nee Langhofer Beisel.) My p.c inbox contains innumerable E-mails that listers have sent. When I (again) tried to find out information about my grandparents "roots," their GR villages of origination, I came away empty. But then certain helpful people (on-line) came forward with pertinent information. Frankreich/Strassburg did, does exist with new Russian names. Rudig/Rudick (my grandmother's place of birth) also existed. My mother was Marie Brunner Hicks. My father's grandmother was Jane Williamson (an abolitionist) from Pennsylvania, who married my great grandfather, Joseph Alvin Hicks of North Carolina (an ex-confederate soldier) at Lawrence, KS, after the end of the civil war. As colorful as the paternal side of my family might be, I for one reason or another seem to gravitate to wanting to know more about my Volga German roots. I am 78 years of age; my Aunt Johanna Brunner Kaiser, age 105, is the sole survivor of G.H. Brunner and wife, Eva. (They had 13 children.) I have made copies of many of the pertinent E-mails that I have received from fellow listers. I will give these valuable copies to my Aunt and to the secretary of our family group, tomorrow. And..........thanks, again. Rev. Gene Hicks P.S. Like so many, Aunt Johanna said that her parents shared so very little from their past. And we all are greatly diminished by this.