Hello, Patricia: I'm replying to this message under a much better subject - the names you are interested in. You'll get much better results this way. Also, you had your CapsLock on - don't forget to unclick it the next time. --- On Fri, 2/19/10, fakourip <[email protected]> wrote: From: fakourip <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Survey on roots tourism in Germany To: [email protected] Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:42 AM HELLO: I AM FROM LOUISIANA AND FAMILY  GERMAN ROOTS IN MISSOURI. MY FAMILY SETTLED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, LOCATED RURALLY OF ST. LOUIS, MO. THE FAMILY RECORDS REFLECT THERE PLACE OF ORIGIN WAS BAVARIA.... THE FAMILY NAMES ARE GRUSS AND BRUEGGEMANN.  I BELIEVE THEY CAME OVER IN SMALL NUMBERS NOT AS  A LARGE FAMILY..... STARTING IN 1850'S CAN YOU HELP ME? PATRICIA FAKOURI BATON ROUGE, LA. 70816 [email protected]