Dear Bob in Florida, Tim in Cincinnati here and I was just wondering, for this is merely a stab in the dark on one of my brickwalls in my dad's lineage: KRUSE. All I have is a possible name from a death certificate. Background: I have a Kentucky death certificate of Anna Margaretha Konermann (NEE KRUSE), who died on 6 August 1927 in Ludlow, Kentucky and would be a GGgrandmother. Her husband, my GGgrandfather was Herman Heinrich Konermann of Ibbenburen, in present day Westphalia. Their marriage date would be sometime around 1855 or so. They had about 9 children in Ludlow, Kentucky. Anna Margaretha was born on 1 Feb 1834 in "Hanover, Germany" and her father's name in the death certificate was simply noted as "KRUSE". This is all that I have, and hence, my stone wall. Just wondering if you have any other details or possible link.