Marsha and JIM, thank you for the clarification of this matter. I sure didn't mean to start a whole history/geography lesson, but it has been very helpful to me. I have just started researching this area of my ancestors, though I've known for a couple of decades now about them coming from Millstadt. However, I have not been able to locate much on them yet, and am looking forward to learning about the area and the people. Thanx! Sonia (Sorry for the double message sent to you, Marsha, I am still getting used to this message group and not just hitting the reply button.)