This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Renner, Volz, Lehnen, Schell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/212.885.1 Message Board Post: Melchior was born 6 Jan 1831, birthplace listed on death certificate as Baden, Germany. Born on Feast of 3 Kings and named for one of the kings. Have tapped into the Volz Gene Pool site and have conflicting information regarding registered birth date. Melchior not common among Volz descendents. Mother's maiden name on death cert listed as Anastasia Schell. Unsure of accuracy. Family settled in La Crosse Wisconsin. His son, my grandfather was married to Katherine Lehnen also of La Crosse.