Mary, Just curious: were Carl et al. from Pommern/Western Prussia? I ask because I have been researching several families in Dundee and Carpentersville, and it sure seems like it must have been a collection point for folks from Western Prussia. Many seemed to come from the Stralsund District. Anyone able to comment on my observation? I don't live in the area, and actually have never been able to travel there. During 1890-1920 or so were the Dundee and Carpentersville communities notably of German background? Or is that my imagination based on census records of those living near my relatives? Chris Researching: MELAHN, RAKOW, BARTELS, WASHER, SUND, WITT, DOSS, GRUEL