Hi Jim, I am replying thru Hesse-L as e-mail to U directly 'Bounced' This is conjecture on my part at this point- taken off the LDS website - we are currently working backwards with German Lutheran Church records to establish Lineage !! We have established a Link to Johannes Steffen B:1681- Parents & Grandparents OF Johannes are our "Best Guess" for now ! Any Info U may have access to would most appreciated !! What does the Book show for this Nikolaus Steffen ?? Thx Geno From: JWR184@aol.com To: genofifty@hotmail.com Subject: STEFFEN- HESSEN Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:08:23 EDT Hi Gene, I have a copy of the "Sippenbuch Heppenheim a d Bergstrasse, Vol I, 1517-1668." And Vol II. Nikolaus STEFFEN is in it. What is your source? This book shows different info. Jim Rettig Heppenheim>Cincinnati ***************************