My grandfather was the first to come to America. I believe it would have been between 1900 and 1905. He married my grandmother in 1906 and their first daughter was born in Minnesota. Here is some information that my brother found out: I don't remember if I forwarded this to you or not. It shows that the name spelled as KAES was all that was ever used in Minnesota. Also found that Grandma Kaes was baptized one day before the wedding in 1907. Guess this had to be to get her into the Catholic Church. Dad had a picture of Grandpa with his brothers that was dated 1906 in Minnesota so they had to have come over before then. Red Lake Falls was close to Crookston and I remember grandpa's brother John living in Crookston. I have not tried writing the Catholic church in Conrad, Montana. It might be worth a shot as that is where the whole idea of KAS came from. In searching the white pages there are a slug of kaess in Indiana , Minnesota, and Illinois. Also some Kaesers. Maybe they just dropped the final s - could be a possibility or the ers. There are also a fair number of KAES listings in Illinois. I tried the search on Ellis Island with Kaess and Kaeser and came up blank. I did find info saying that some who came through PA went down the Erie Canal on boat and ended up in the upper Midwest. I keep running into things the LDS has on file. When I was in Germany I found out that they have scanned nearly every list in Bavaria. Grandpa's father, Joseph Kas was born in Wurtzburg in 1847. The story I had always hear was the name was changed from Kaas (Kas) to Kaes because there were many Josef's with the last name Kaas. My Dad's Birth Certificate shows the last name of Kas (He was born in Conrad, Mt. in 1913. I have looked in the Ellis Island information and cannot find either Grandpa or his brother John. It has been difficult for me since I can neither read or speak German. Anything you can do to help would be appreciated. Thanks Bob Kaes -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ursula B. Adamson Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:41 AM To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: [G-P-L] Josef Kaes from Wuerzburg Hello Robert, Where did your KAES ancestors settle? Did they settle in Tilden, Polk Co., Minnesota around 1883? You wrote that Josef KAES' father and grandfather were also named Josef. Did they come to the US as well? Can you elaborate a bit more? Ursula from Michigan [as is well again with my email -- bring it on] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message