had this posted to my Roots web site perhaps it will help. Shirley ***note*** I did put her birth in Canada this was and error on my part, I am pretty sure that she was born in Germany ...Shirley ------------------------------------.......................................... ........... dmnorman@look.ca Tuesday, May 09, 2000 2:43 PM Database: adolphus Individual: I15823 Link: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET& db=adolphus&id=I15823 Name: Doug Norman Email: dmnorman@look.ca URL: URL title: Note: The Ruckles were German Palatines who settled in Co. Limerick in c1709. So were the Switzers too, I believe. You appear to show Catherine Elizabeth Ruckle born in Canada in 1686. I suspect Catherine might be a daughter of Caspar Ruckle, b. 1660 in the Lower Palatine area of Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------