This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oh0.2ACEB/1812.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Thank you for your quick response. Joseph Mayer (Meyer) was my mom's dad. He lived in the Twin Falls/ Jerome part of Idaho I believe. He died when my mom was only 13 and she knows almost nothing on his side of the family. His father was Fredrich William Mayer (Meyer). Fred Mayer would have been born approx 1870 or so. So maybe your Joseph could be his father or uncle? But Fredrich is also listed on family records as just William or Milo Mayer. He married Anna Behrend and they came out from South Dakota and before that they started in Minnesota or possibly Wisconsin area. My mom said she remembers her dad's brothers and sisters but is not sure if any are still living here are the names: Joseph Born: 8-3-1906 (or the 18th) Dimock SD Math Ina Maragaret Leonard William (Bill) Katherine (Kate) I don't know the dates of birth for any of these people or even where they were born. I know that my Grandfather Joseph was only allowed to speak German in the house growing up and they had all German traditions so his father Frederich might have come over straight from Germany. My mom was told that our family is from Southern Germany and that we still have Family in the Munich area although we don't know who there are. I would appreciate any info that you might have on the Mayers/Meyers if anything matches? Thank you for your time. Stacey