Hi! Interested in Hartfiel and Sommerfeld lines from Posen. Do you recognize other names such as Sommefelt (various spellings and variations), Weber or Krueger, Zuenther, Zinter who seem to have come from the same area? See my info... Charlotte Bucholtz married Christof Hartfiel and had 2 sons, Gottfried (born 2/3/1850) and Christopher (born about 1852). The parents died leaving the sons orphaned. The government made promises that Gottfried and his wife, Augusta (Sommerfelt) Hartfiel, would get land and good conditions but nothing came of those promises so Gottfried and family came to USA in 1881 and I assume Christopher came about 1883. Gottfried and his family came thru Wisconsin, I believe, to La Salle Co. Illinois and then moved to Douglas Co. Minnesota in 1898. They always wanted to move out of the city and build a house in the country. Christopher was a card player and is believed to have lost his shirt in card games... Christopher was never heard from and never connected up with Gottfried in USA. But Gottfried's family thinks he was in Duluth, MN. Any info on this family would be appreciated. I went to the LaSalle Co. Court House on June 3rd; hoping to find the above two men in Declaration of Intent Records and Naturalization Records. On Fridays, on dress-down day - every other week, the clerk looks for the names in old clothes because of the condition of the books. I heard nothing from the clerk, so I was supposed to stop back when I came through the area again. On June 14th, I went there again, but the clerk was not in on Monday, and had left no forwarding message or information for the other clerks to pass on to me. Looking for Trinity Church records, now called Trinity United Church of Christ, (name change in the 1960's). The address is on 4th St. in LaSalle, IL. The congregation and current Pastor do not know what happened to the oldest record book. The Pastor of the congregation at the time has since died, but his daughter still resides in town, but the Pastor's family was asked and no record books were found in the Pastor's private library or belongings. Any Church record hunters in LaSalle area? Kay Diers