I write betimes to a gentleman in Porta Westfalica, Germany, who tells me that someone from Colorado with ancestors who moved to New Minden around 1853 has also established contact with someone from the area of Lohfield. Hm. Any ideas? Jerry in Boise BRANDT, ROSENBECK, HILGENBRINK, PRIES, HANNENBERGEN, MAENKOPF, GROSSMAN, HESEMAN