Hi Frank, How are you? Have you checked the Archives for the Church Books (In Duesseldorf) ? Father: EDUARD SCHNITZLER Mother: EMILIE NEUMANN Son: ROBERT SCHNITZLER Christening: 28 JUN 1838 Evangelisch, Graefrath, Rheinland, Preussen (Ref: IGI - C948823) Kirchenbuch, 1690-1880 Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Graefrath; (Author: Kr. Solingen) To find out the newspaper their marriage announcement appeared in you'd have to write to this address: Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Illinois Regional Archives Depository Ronald Williams Library Northeastern Illinois University 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625-4699 ...and reference the "FINK Index" in your letter with the following information: SCHNITZLER, ROBERT & HEISIG, FRANCESCA M 06/06/1869 VOL.: 001/ (Fink Index) County: COOK They will let you know the name of the newspaper in Chicago in which the announcement was published. The next step is to research the particular newspaper name and publisher which the Depository will indicate in their response to you. The article may or may not verify his place of birth and/or parents as mentioned above. Their Marriage Record was destroyed in the Chicago Fire so this particular "Fink Index" is a re-creation of all Marriage announcements which appeared in the newspapers. Best of luck - Kathleen --- Frank Hennes <graefrath@hotmail.de> wrote: "...Im searching for the parents and birthplace of Robert Schnitzler, born 1838, emigrated to New York in 1863, maybe married with Franciska M. Reisig and maybe deceased in 1873 in Chicago..." ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index