Go to your local public library and ask them to get the book on Interlibrary Loan On Dec 10, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Judi Wirtjes wrote: > I am hoping for some help. Ancestry.com keeps referring me to a > book that I don't have access to. I have checked all of the > libraries within 100 miles and no one has a copy. Well, I am in Texas. > > Is there anyone who has access to the Hans-Georg Boyken book > Ostfriesen in Amerika -/- Where did they stay? Vol. #1 ISBN > 0-9670802-2-3? > On page 145 there is supposed to be a listing for J. Wirtjes who > immigrated in 1872 with wife and children. I really need to know > what other information is given in this listing. > > I have tried to buy the book, but the only copy available is on > Amazon for about $200. Well, that didn't fit in the budget. > > I think this information might just get me unstuck as I am looking > for information on a John/Johann/Jan Wirtjes who immigrated in 1872 > from Ostfriesland, Germany. Part of the family ended up in Ogle, > some in Carroll and some in Iowa. > > Your effort would be greatly appreciated. > Judi > --------------------------------- > Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ > > If you have an obituary or biography for an early Ogle Co. settler > (born 1875 or earlier) and would like it added to the Ogle Co. > Genealogy Site, please send it to me. > > Roger Cramer > List Administrator > rogercubs@aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILOGLE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message