Sue, First, let me say that I have NO connection to the surnames that you mentioned. I did check my "1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga" reference for the surname JARGER (and spelling variations). I do not want to mix you up, but I did not find your primary spelling; I did find several villages having a JAGER at that time. I next checked for the HETZEL name, and found nothing close. In the process, I found four (4) HERGER names listed for the village of DIETEL. Good Luck on your search. I am not sure how much the above might help (or hinder), but one never knows when something might show up that helps. Have you checked the AHSGR.org website for the availability of a later census of Dietal? Don Loose Warren, Mich. On Feb 3, 2007, at 3:24 PM, switzs7@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Hello Everyone! > My grandmother came to the U.S. on the Breslau to Philadelphia in > May of > 1910. The names that were on the ship together are: Johann Georg > Jerger, DOB > March 11, 1864 - along with his children Maria, Johann Georg Jr, > Friedrich, David > and Jacob. Until I found the passenger list I was seaching JARGER and > every other > spelling that sounded similar as that is how my grandmother spelled it > (Jarger). > Maria's mother's maiden name was HETZEL. She died before the rest > of the > family came here from DIETEL (Oleschna). If anyone has any > connection to > this family - please write!!! I want to work back from this point > but am > a little > unsure as to how best proceed. Thanks! Sue > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message