Hi to all of the other Will Co., Ill. researchers, I'd be happy to make the acquaintance of anyone with info or relations to the BISCHMANN family from Germany. LUDWIG BISCHMANN was born 1797 in Walderwersheimane, Germany. He married CHRISTINA ELIZABETH GROH SCLIECK. Children of LUDWIG BISCHMANN and CHRISTINA SCLIECK are: i. ADAM BISHMAN, b. 1824, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1904; m. ANNA M. BRANDT. ii. PETER BISCHMANN, b. 1825, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1879; m. CHRISTINA WILHEMINE KLEIN. iii. MICHAEL BISCHMANN, b. 1826, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. iv. LOUIS BISCHMANN, b. 1828, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1913; m. HERMINA WELHIMINA KOEHLER. v. LUDWIG BISCHMANN, b. 1829, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. vi. MARIA CATHERINE BISCHMANN, b. 1830, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. vii. MARIA APOLONIA BISCHMANN, b. 1832. viii. LUDWIG BISCHMANN, b. 1834, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. ix. JACOB BISHMAN, b. 1834, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1912; m. FREDA YESSEN. x. CLARA BISCHMANN, b. 1836, Dorn Durkheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. xi. AUGUST BISCHMANN, b. 1840, USA. xii. PHILLIP BISCHMANN, b. 1843, USA; d. 1925; m. MAGDALENA KLEIN. Best Regards, Kathy Hines in Minneapolis, MN