If you want to reply to this message please use <ehinds@gmail.com>. Don' reply to GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com. Paula Goblirsch German-Bohemian List Admin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Hinds <cehinds@gmail.com> Date: Mar 23, 2006 9:45 AM Subject: Peichl/Peichel/Matzke To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com Greetings! I'm looking for information on a couple: Edward Peichl/Peichel and Amalia Matske/Matzke. They married around 1875 and immigrated in May 1879, arrived in Baltimore, MD from Bremen on the SS Ohio; they listed Bohemia as their origin/last residence; they settled in Jefferson, Wisconsin. I have some marriage records for their children, obituaries, etc; they had 10 children, 8 of them in WI, two in "Rathesdorf"; I also know they attended a Catholic Church in Jefferson, WI. On the passenger list, the name is spelled Peichel; I've found this spelling a couple of other places too--a birth certificate for a child born in WI, and one of their son's WWI Draft Cards. I originially posted this message on the Bavarian message list because in various census records they list Austria, Germany, Bavaria and Bohemia as their birthplace. On various marriage records, they list Ratsdorf, Germany or Rathesdorf, Austria as their place of birth. I've looked at the maps listed on this site: http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/ I still can't seem to place them. Peichl/Peichel has been a difficult name to research. I began genealogy research on a larger scale within the past year, but I'm just getting started researching European records. I consider myself to be fairly proficient on the Internet and computers. If anyone has any info or advice on this name or town, please let me know. I've contacted one or two (possible) descendentsand hope to see them soon, but I thought someone here could give me a couple of pointers. I have searched the Wisconsin Historical Society marriage, death, and birth records pretty thoroughly as well as whatever books are listed in the library stacks for Jefferson County. I have yet to search through the archives/manuscripts for this building and haven't spent much time at Whitewater or Jefferson county church and govt offices yet. Thanks! Elizabeth Hinds cehinds@gmail.com