Hi List, I am excited to report through my German correspondence with the Church at Sprotta I recently learned of the surnames FÜSSELL and STEPHAN in my tree! See below for the details. I would not have learned this tidbit unless I wrote back and requested an actual photocopy of the record instead of the extract which was sent originally. Unfortunately, there are a lot of illegitimacies in this branch. Here's hoping someone will recognize the new names. Here are the details: Descendants of (Johann) Gottfried Füssel 1 (Johann) Gottfried FÜSSEL d: Bef. 21 November 1842 . +(Johanna) Rosine STEPHAN b: Abt. October 1787 in Wöllnau, Merseburg, Saxony, Germany d: 21 November 1842 in Wöllnau, Merseburg, Saxony, Germany ........ 2 (Johanna) Rosine ZSCHAU ............ +Gottlieb ZSCHAU ................... 3 Gottlieb ZSCHAU b: 28 September 1843 in Wöllnau, Merseburg, Saxony, Germany d: 20 June 1906 in Turners Falls, Montague, Franklin, MA ....................... +Susanna GRIESBACH b: February 1849 in Germany m: 14 August 1869 in Greenfield, Franklin, MA at St. John Episcopal Church by Rev. P.A. Schwarz or St. James Episcopal Church, Greenfield, Franklin, MA by Rev. Peter Voorhees, Rector d: 29 April 1916 in Montague City, Franklin, MA at Farren Hospital ................... 3 Friedrick Carl ZSCHAU b: Abt. June 1841 d: 15 March 1842 in Wöllnau, Merseburg, Saxony, Germany ........ 2 (Johanna) Christiane ALBRECHTIN ........ 2 Johan GOTTFRIED ? ........ 2 Johan GOTTLOB ? ........ 2 Gabriel FÜSSEL Nancy M. Atkinson e-mail: rascalz@worldnet.att.net homepage: http://home.att.net/~rascalz/genealogy.htm SEARCH my GEDCOM at Rootsweb: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rascalz ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Researching Surnames England - ATKINSON, GLEDHILL (Halifax Yorkshire), TAYLOR (Lanchester, Durham) Germany - DICK, JUNG, ZSCHAU, GRIESBACH, LEIXNER, SCHMITT, SCHMIDT, GILCHER, MAURER, MERCKER, STROBEL, WEBER Connecticut & Massachusetts - BERARD Massachusetts - GAGUE Ireland - O'DONNELL, CANNON, SHEA, VALLELY