This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.dearborn/1609.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My husband is a descendant of Louis Baum, born about 1800 in Germany, died in Spencer Co., IN Jun 1843; he immigrated to Indiana around 1835(?). Excerpt from History of Warrick, Spencer & Perry Counties, Indiana, Illustrated, 1885 ~ "The German settlement, about two miles east of Boonville, was begun in 1838 by George Seitz and Louis Baum ..." To date, we have had no luck in tracing Louis' roots. We know he had a brother, Adam, who supposedly lived in Brazil, Clay Co., IN. We would love hearing from you again.