@fakourip >THE FAMILY RECORDS >REFLECT THERE PLACE OF ORIGIN WAS BAVARIA.... >THE FAMILY NAMES ARE GRUSS AND BRUEGGEMANN the name Brüggemann found in the following places 1840-50 (first the regions): Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony: Bevensen, Artlenburg, Kirchhatten, Overwarfe, Ellingen, Soltau, Hilgermissen, Nienburg Westphalia: Lembeck, Dorsten, Hopsten, Rheine, Köln, Wickede, Methler, Ahlen, Hamm, Aachen, Camen, Bösingfeld, Senden Magdeburg: Wolmirsleben Holstein: Castorf, Lauenburg, Tielen, Ostenfeld Hannover: Bissendorf, Iburg sorry, nothing found in Bavaria in the 1840-50s please compare the names with these found in your documents, maybe we can localize where your ancestors came from greetings Michael