Myra, I am intrigued by one of your comments about Thomas: "....they were living on the German Coast near New Orleans...." I have been searching through every document I can find on the people of this area, and haven't found any confirmation of this fact (even though I feel it must be true). Can you provide the source information on this so I can put this quest aside at last? Thanks, Charlie mwhitlow wrote: > > Linda, how 'exciting'.... Several years ago a member of the Hoffpauir > family (cannot remember her name now) who went to the Alsace - Lorraine area > and met some of the Hofbauer/Houghpauir/Haufpauer's and reported on this > visit at our annual reunion on Labor Day... has been about 10 years or so > ago... she advised she had info. on one ancestor who is a catholic nun who > resides in the USA... We feel certain that this is our family origin > area...I live in Louisiana and am Regent for the Daughters of Am. Rev... we > plan to place a marker in the Indian Bayou Cemetery to honor the memory of > Thomas Hoffpauir who served with Galvez (they were living on the German > Coast near New Orleans).... please keep in touch... I would love to go to > Austria/Germany sometime.. am planning a trip to Rome, Vienna, Florence, > Paris and London in 2000 (15 days)... will try to make Austria another > year.. > Myra Foreman Whitlow, Regent, NSDAR, Lake Charles, LA > mwhitlow@usunwired.net > -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/