Searching for any information on the Westfalen, GER families who settled in the New Minden, Huegely, North Prairie, Hoyleton, Irvington areas of Washington County. Aussieker, Beckmeyer, Brink, Cohlmeyer, Diekmeyer, Drenckpohl, Fortmeyer, Kersch, Koelling, Kottmeier, Rixmann, Schnake, Struckmeyer, Wellpott, and Greimann/ Greiman families. There is an Aussieker descendant who is travelling to Germany this summer and is planning to research the records at Bielefeld. An Aussieker family reunion is scheduled for September 23, 2000 at the Irvington Community Building, Irvington, IL at 12:30pm. John Greiman Highlands Ranch, CO http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1981/38405/genealogy