Hi, Tom! Small world... Schaumburg-Lippe is a good guess. It's in Germany--see http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/NSAC/SLP/ Martha Grenzeback graymatters@alltel.net At 04:50 PM 25-10-2002 -0500, you wrote: >I am trying to help my father-in-law with his grandmother. I found this >entry on the 1880 census > >Census Place: Crete, Will, Illinois > Source: FHL Film 1254260 National Archives Film T9-0260 Page > 27A (image 13 at ancestry.com) > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace >William HASSEMAN Self M M W 30 SCHBG.LP. >(from image it looks like: Schaumberg Lippe/Liffe) > Occ: Brick Mason Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. >Anna HASSEMAN Wife F M W 23 SCHBG.LP. > Occ: Keeps House Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. >Anna HASSEMAN Dau F S W 6 IL > Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. >William HASSEMAN Son M S W 5 IL > Fa: SCHBG.LP. Mo: SCHBG.LP. > >Does anyone recognize the birthplace of William and Anna? What country >might that be? > >According to the info. my FIL has it says Anna was born in Chicago on 18 >Feb 1875 but it was probably Crete. The family is Lutheran. > >I can find nothing in the other ancestry.com census indexes for 1920 on >William Haseman so perhaps all are dead by then. > >Any help/suggestions appreciated. > >Tom > > > >==== ILWILL Mailing List ==== >To contact the listowner, send mail to WillCoIL@bigfoot.com >Will Co, IL website address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwill/