This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Albers, Knoop & Ficken Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADI/1149.1 Message Board Post: My great-great grandfather was Jacob Albers who homesteaded in Sherman County, Nebraska. Jacob was born June 5, 1842 in Kleinkirchen, Kingdom of Hanover, German. He migrated to the U.S. in 1866, having been a member of the Hanoverian Army for 3 years, and participating in the War of 1864. He married Betty (Rebecca) Knoop in Brookly in 1869. Betty was born in German, also. Are you of the same Albers family? Also, the town I live in is in central Nebraska in Custer County...a Peter Ficken used to live on a farm just south of town until about 10 years or so ago when he passed away. I know he was from Germany, but don't know anything else about him or his family. I believe his wife is still living. Please let me know if you have any further information on the Albers or Knoop families. Thank you!