Just one addition concerning the name itself: Those of us researching in the "new world" should be aware of the difference between the names of Köhler and Keller. Their pronounciaction is quite similar, so their anglicized forms might be the same. They are however distict: Köhler is derived from "coal" while Keller is derived from "cellar". Concerning "my" Köhlers: They all seem to come from Leissling, a small village Weissenfels, soutwest of Leipzig. There still exists a spring called Köhlerquelle ("Quelle" = spring). The village belonged to the Kingdom of Saxony but was later und Prussian authority. It is very close to the border to Saxony-Meiningen. Anybody who has ancestors there, Köhler or not, please contact me. (1) Julius Köhler, born 24-Mar-1835 in Leissling. Julius was one of seven children. (2) Johann Christoph Köhler, father of (1), born 22-Jul-1785 in Leissling, married Johanne Sophie Haberkorn, died 18-Jul-1850. (4) Johann Tobias Köhler, father of (2), born 31-Jan-1754 in Leißling, married Marie Elisabeth Rothe, died 18-Oct-1813. (8) Ehrenfried Köhler, father of (4), probably born in Leissling, married Marie Dorothee Körch. Do you have any records from this area? Regards, Hasko Heinecke