Greetings!! My name is Jesse Clarke. I have been researching my ancestors for 5+ years, many of which lived in Cottonwood & Jackson Counties. We knew my g-g-grandfather came from a town in "Austria" known as Molletein or Molleteen. After much trial and error, and some luck, I found the exact town. In the summer of 1999, I got a message from a lady who had a copy of a book about the town of Moletein. This town was in the present-day Czech Republic. German name = Alt-Moletein Czech name = Stary Maletin / Maletin In this book there are the surnames of MANY MANY MANY people who I have seen while researching in both Cottonwood & Jackson Counties, as well as other counties in Minnesota! You may download a copy of this book at http://www.jrclarke.com/schad/moleteinbook.shtml PROVIDED YOU E-MAIL ME SAYING YOU DID! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DOWNLOADING IT (JUST FOR FUN & KNOWLEDGE)!! ENJOY!! researching: SCHAD, JARMER, MONTAG, SCHAFFER, NIMMERFROH, GIESSELMAN, FRITSCHER..... among others Jesse Clarke [email protected] http://www.jrclarke.com