Hello! I've just subscribed to the list, and it was suggested that my first posting should state what names I'm researching in St. Clair County, by way of introduction. My line begins in America with the following family, who arrived in the US at the port of Philadelphia on the Brig George Delius on June 11, 1847: Heinrich Gottlieb Heidenreich, b. 26 Apr 1795 in Huellhorst, Westphalen, Preussen Anne Marie Charlotte Kottkamp, b. 08 Aug 1792 in Huellhorst, Westphalen, Preussen Children who came with them: Caspar Heinrich, b. 09 Feb 1820 Anne Marie Louis Charlotte, b. 21 Jul 1828 Anna Katherine Marie Sophie, b. 03 May 1831 Their son, Christian Friederich, b. 30 Nov 1825, arrived at the port of New Orleans on the ship Rebecca on November 16, 1849 - he was a soldier and needed to obtain release from service Their married daughter, Anne Marie, b. 13 Jan 1819, her husband, Christian Friederich Heinrich Knefelkamp (or Knebelkamp), b. 1816 in Behrendorf, Prussia, and children arrived later (date and place unknown, birthdates of the children unknown) Caspar, known as "Henry," married (16 Apr 1852) the widow Christine Rutter (or Rueter or Roeder) Miers, b. 12 Aug 1812 Anne Marie married (17 Mar 1849) Heinrich Linne. b. [date unknown] in Reifenhausen Hannover Anna Katherine married (20 Aug 1851) Gottlieb Rieso, b. 07 Feb 1826 in Buende Herford Minden, Prussia Henry and his wife, and children Caspar and Anne Marie, all settled near Centreville, IL Anna Katherine and husband Gottlieb Rieso, settled in Smithton, IL Related names are: Becker Beichert DeMange Fuhs Grahmann Hoffmann Keck Mueller Obernagel Poeggemueller Would love to correspond with anyone else researching these lines. I was able to connect my Heidenreich line back to 1682 by way of the internet, and am corresponding with a very long-lost cousin whose ancestor was brother to my first American ancestor. Carrie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...Then they filled, with clear, shallow water, the whole breadth of this broad canal, and set little whirlpools turning in the depths, and for the first time mirrored the green banks and distant calls of birds -- while in the sky the starry nights of another, sweeter country blossomed above them and would never close. Tombs of the Hetaerae, by Rainier Maria Rilke Translation by Stephen Mitchell