Dorene, What info do you have on your Great Uncle? My Grandfather was also an Adolph (Julius Kaiser 1886-1927) in Cincinnati. Let me give you my Kaisers in case any ring a bell: descendants of Friendrich: Adolph who had a son Adolph Kaiser with brother Charles Kaiser. Sons of Adolph and Mollie Kayser were Franklin Kayser (1918-1994) and Charles and a sister Evelyn. The name was changed about 1917. Yours was Kayser before Kaiser? Interesting! I've looked through LDS films at out local church to no avail. If I knew where to look in Germany I'd go. Had a friend look through emigration records in Berlin. He could find no definite match. Thanks!!!! karen -----Original Message----- From: Dorene L. Kaiser <countryemu@c-magic.com> To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 06, 2000 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] Margarethe KAISER >Hi, Thanks. > >Actually, I am back to David Kayser and Anna Leuppart who were married in 1660 in Selb, >Bavaria, Ger. Once I had the ship list I hired some one in Germany (back in the 1980s and LDS >was not online), who literally went from town to town and followed their trail backwards to >Bavaria where the church records gave out because of war destruction. I only have the direct >line and did not ask for the siblings (now I wish I had). So our lines could still cross >somewhere in those first 5 generations, especially since I had an uncle named Adolph and there >were a number of Friedrichs in my line, including my father's middle name. Before that, I >hired some one at LDS to research the records in Salt Lake City - that may be where I found out >the ship info. Don't give up. > >Dorene >