Gloria This is really far fetched but I don't know how desperate you are to find your person. 23 years ago I had a cousin living in Pivitsheide. We visited them and they had employed a young teacher from Bad Salzuflen to spend the day with us and be our interpreter. His name was Jorg Sander. I have checked the directory and don't find him there today but do find a Gerald Sander. I would be willing to bet he is related to Jorg and could tell you his whereabouts.......most likely just in a neighboring village. Anyway, considering Jorg taught in that area I would think he would be very likely to know the whereabouts of your Mr. Strehlau. I realize this is a thin lead, but in genealogy often times the thinnest of threads leads us to the pot of gold!!! Good luck Roger > > Subject: [GERMANKING] elderly researcher - still alive? > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:31:26 EDT > From: GScott113@aol.com > To: GERMAN-KINGDOMS-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello everyone, > Many years ago my cousin hired a man named Helmuth (or Helmut) Strehlau > to do some Stammfolge of our ancestors in Schale & Sonneborn. After the > works were completed my cousin & Mr. Strehlau corresponded off & on, but > nothing has been heard from him in quite a while. My cousin is wondering if > the gentleman has passed away. > Would anyone happen to know of Mr. Strehlau? Besides doing genealogy > research, he was a teacher at a math/science school at Bielefeld & then lived > at Bad Salzuflen. If he is still alive he would be quite elderly. Any info > would be greatly appreciated. > I have checked the German phone book site at http://www.teleauskunft.de > There are several Helmut Strehau's listed, but none in Bad Salzuflen. > Gloria (Landwer) Scott

Goodday Listers, would any lister know of a Knopf or have a Knopf in their tree? Searching for any and all info on Simon Franz Knopf who married a Kronshinsky lady. The Knopf family came to America in ca 1870's. Lived in New Jersey then Nebraska then settled in Minnesota. Sure hoping some one has an answer for me as ive been searching this name for so many years i no longer remember how many<GBG> Thanx much. Viola.