FORWARDED BY LIST ADMIN. Subj: FOLLETZ in Manitowoc, WI, in 1896 Date: 5/23/2003 9:18:53 AM Central Daylight Time From: ednlee@execpc.com To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com My grandparents Samuel August FOLLETZ (born 1860 in Lithuania) and Lena SALUGA Folletz (born in 1864 in Hanover, Germany) came directly to Manitowoc, WI in 1896 or 1897. The Folletz name has become my 'brick wall'. The only information I can find on that name is directly related to Samuel and his descendants. I have been in touch with a cousin, also working on the family history, and he has run into the same problem. Older family members say that Samuel did not alter the name, but I have been searching under every variation I can think of (Faletz, Fallets, Falatz, Follits, Fallitz, Falutz, Voletz/Volz/Voltz etc etc., Wolletz/Wolz/Woltz etc. etc.) I have found the name Folletz only one time-in the 1700's in Norway, and there appears to be no connection to my family. I would appreciate suggestions! The name SALUGA has been just as evasive. Again, we have tried every variation in spelling of that name and still find no connection to Lena. I believe she had one brother remaining in Germany. Other families I am researching: * Daniel JANTZ (born 1820) and Eva KROLL (born in 1827). * Johann MARZ/MAERTZ (born 1827) and Wilhelmine RUSCH (born 1826). * Friedrich MARZ/MAERTZ (born 1830) and Henriette RADUGE (born 1828). * William MARZ/MAERTZ (born 1818) and Wilhelmine VOKEET (1807). * Carl MARCH (born 1810) and Caroline RUSCH (born 1813). **All settled in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, WI in the mid-1850's. Thank you, Lee Schilling ednlee@execpc.com