Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10657 Surname: Hammes ------------------------- My ancestor Georg Hammes, was born 1782 in Winterspelt, Eifel area, Germany. He was married in the first with Maria Pütz from Heckhuscheid, and had 9 children. In the second he married Luzia Richter from Oberraden. They had 9 children, too. The Hammes descendants are live in the eifel area and maybe in USA.