This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zg.2ADI/777.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Dave, I'm not sure why I referred to Stephen Schmitt as a brother to Jacob and Frederich. I do know for certain that Jacob ( my 3x gr grandfather, his daughter Gertrude Schmitt Schaefer was my 2x gr grandmother ) was Frederichs brother. They were the sons of Michael Schmitt and Catherina Bell. Frederich and Anna Schaefer had a son John who married Maria Schmitt 25 Oct 1853, they had a son Stephen b. 1856, d. 1927, who married a Catherine Freund. I'm not sure how your Schmitt's relate, it would take some time to research this being that there were so many families with this surname not to mention they all repeated given names when their children were born, I will check back into my family papers to see if I can locate a connection for you. I notice your surname is Adams, which is one of many common surnames in the area :) My 2x gr grandparents Michael and Katherine ( Pitzen ) Schaeffer had a son Mathias J who married a Rose Adams,( d. 18 Feb 1985 ) would she by chance be in your family somewhere ? Also, My 3x gr grandparents John Baptist and Anna (Wagner) Jung had a daughter Mary Katherine who married a Martin Adams, b. 14 Sep 1848, d. 22 July 1900 . I am just beginning my research into these families. I have an Adams family book compiled by an A. Adams from Ingleside, Lake Co, IL back in the 1980's, do you think there may be family info in here relating to your Adam's family ?