This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Desch, Claus Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/3295.1 Message Board Post: Dee Ann, I can't help much with the other branches you are researching but I think I can shed some light on your Desch side. John Joseph Desch b abt Mar 1850, d 28 Nov 1895 m 1876 in Columbia, PA Elizabeth Claus b 5 Apr 1855, d 27 Apr 1892 Children: George R. Desch b 1877 Joseph A. Desch b 1 Apr 1881 Josephine B. Desch b 25 Jun 1889 John Michael Desch b abt 1883 Ellen "Ella" Desch b 1885 Elizabeth "Bessie" Desch b 1887 Gertrude Rose Desch b 1890 Eugene Andrew Desch b 6 Apr 1892 I have the Desch line back an additional five generations from John Joseph Desch. I'd be glad to exchange info with you. Bob