This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Soeker, Janssen, Westie, Diers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5g.2ADI/130 Message Board Post: Dietrich WESTIE Household Male Birth Year <1856> Birthplace OLDENBURG Age 24 Occupation Farm Laborer Head of Household: Rudolph WERNECKE Father's Birthplace OLDENBURG Mother's Birthplace OLDENBURG Source: Census Place Plum Hill, Washington, Illinois Anyone know of a connection to him? Looking for Oldenburg relatives who settled in IL; some moved to southern Minnesota, maybe northern Iowa. km@diers.cc