ANYONE RESEARCHING ANY OF THESE NAMES PLEASE E-MAIL ME. > I'VE STANDARDIZED THE NAME-SPELLINGS > > I noticed interesting patterns of naming, ages, propinquity, > and country of origin of these families in Spencer Township > of Jennings County, Indiana, USA, in the 1870 federal census. > > Does anyone on the list know if > these families came from the same > area of Lorraine - or even Alsace? > I suspect Lorraine / Moselle (57), > but I could be wrong. > > It seems there are enough names to find the area > they came from asuming it WAS the same area. > > Some of the wives MIGHT have been > KIRSCHes before marriage. > > PROXIMITY OF LAND OWNERSHIP: > > 239 OLINGER Balser 28 OH > OLINGER Margaret 63 France > > 251 MA[R][s]CHINO John 27 France > MA[R][s]CHINO Catherine 67 France > > 276 MA[R][s]CHINO Peter 37 France > > 279 OLINGER John 57 France > > 284 OLINGER Jacob 26 OH > > 289 MA[R][s]CHINO Nicholas 32 France > > 293 [HOUSEBAKER] > HAUSBERGER Adam 52 France > > 294 MA[R][s]CHINO John 47 France > > 300 KIRSCH John 54 France > > 301 KIRSCH Balser 28 France > > 307 MEGEL Peter 46 France > KIRSCH Adam 20 IN > > 310 OLINGER Adam 35 OH > > 311 MEGEL Nicholas 37 France > > 312 KIRSCH John [3rd] 35 France > KIRSCH John [1st] 72 France > > 313 KIRSCH Balser 47 France > > 325 KRACKENBERGER [transcribed as "CROCKEDFERGER"] > Peter 37 France > > 326 KRACKENBERGER > B. 31 France > > 328 CAOLAOF, Adam 33 Hesse-Darmstadt [?!!] > KRACKENBERGER > John 14 IN > > 331 MEGEL John 52 France > > ================================================ >