Hi Kathleen, Why don't you try the NYC-Roots list to see if anyone has come across that surname? Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Deao" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [HESSE] Mainz, Rheinhessen, Hessen > Hi, Nancy > > Thanks for your note. I agree the Old German is tricky, but actually, I > DID > recognize the name on the film. It looked right to me. What I hope to do > next is find this person after his christening. Parents? siblings? > emigration? I first found the Deao name in 1850 in Illinois, but Eli Deao > was born in 1824 in NY. His father was from Germany, and his mother from > NY, > but I can't find his immigration, their marriage, and don't know the New > York county. So I thought I'd try to research in Germany, but hardly know > where to begin. Is there a Hesse sight that might give me some direction? > > JOANNES DEAO - Christened - 17 FEB 1809 Dom Katholisch, Mainz, > Rheinhessen, Hessen > > Thanks again for your interest. > > Kathleen Gordon Deao

Thanks, Bobbi -- I'm going there ASAP! Kathleen On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Bobbi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kathleen, > > Why don't you try the NYC-Roots list to see if anyone has > come across that surname? > > Bobbi >