My mothers family came to the US in 1833 to 1850. They settled in a German Catholic area in the mid to north western area of Ohio, where everyone spoke German. My uncle who was born in 1911 did not speak English until he went to grade school. During world war II German agents came down thru Canada and tried to gain support from the people, thinking that if they were German speaking, they would support them. They go no support here. The people might speak German, but they were 100% American. My husband's mother's family is from Hesse Cassel and Hesse Darmstadt. Maria Margaretha WOLF was born in Salmuenster, Hesse Cassel in 6 Nov 1818. Her sister was Anna Magdalina WOLF born 16 Jul 1836, and brother William WOLF born 18 Apr 1834. Adam KAMMERER was born 28 Oct 1836, in Hesse Darmstadt. His last name may have originally had an umlaut over the A. They came to Cincinnati first, and then came to Dayton, Ohio. William went on to Ft. Loramie, Ohio. I have not found birth records for them yet. Good luck to everyone with their searches. I have found the stories very interesting. Terry Staub Dayton Ohio In a message dated 3/31/2011 8:46:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, raygun33@optonline.net writes: My wife and I have/had cousins who fought in both WW1 & WW2 on both sides of each conflict. The ones who served Kaiser Wilhelm in WW1 were either killed or captured in France. The slain ones are interred in German Military cemeteries, the captured one spent the War in a British POW camp on The Isle of Man. He eventually emigrated to The US of A. His German born son was in the German American Bund band (1936-7) and spent summers at Camp Siegfried in Yaphank, NY. He was drafted in WW2 and served in The Pacific Theatre. I have a photo of 3 German-American cousins when they all met in the Philippines in 1945. My wife has 3 German cousins who served in the Wehrmacht in WW2. One was killed. one captured by the Soviets and released in 1950, and one missing in action in Eastern Germany and never found. There is an excellent German website for finding German military dead; www.volksbund.de for Gabernachweis des Volksbundes Deutsche Kriegsgraeberfuersorge e.V. They have helped me locate several of the above mention German soldiers and continue to search for the missing ones. Ray Gunther (grandson of an emigree from Altenhasungen) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message