Dear Susan: I am currently working on a line where my gggrandfather, WOLF, Lawrence, immigrated from Alsace (or Elsass) to Freeport with his brother, as yet unnamed, in the late 1800's. He lived most of his life and died in Ridout, IL, just up the road from Freeport. It is possible that his last name may have originally been spelled WOLFE (old family factoid), but I can't confirm that yet. Lisa de Berg