Hello! Thanks for your post. We are in the process of moving back to Ohio, and I do not have access to all ancestry records. I can tell you from memory that my great,great-grandfather was Peter Hoffman and his wife, Catherine Rausch. They had about 8 children in Stearns County. My grandmother, who just passed away, said they came from Al Sase Loraine, France. This is the area that is now, Luxemborg. Now that I am back in Cleveland, my husband and I hope to do more research. Please share with me your Rausch line and anything you know about their background.