This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meinz/Schafer/Schaefer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/3.501 Message Board Post: My mother-in-law was Grace Meinz, adoptive daughter of Joseph & Anna Meinz of Grand Lake. They had a boat to cross the lake for passengers. Grace was a wonderful person and talked fondly of her father. She & her sister Gertrude were adopted by him, usually boys were wanted, but Joseph wanted a dark-haired girl (Grace) and a light-haired girl (Gertrude). These sisters married cousins. Grace married Mark Schafer and Gertrude married Louis Schaefer. Both of the families were settled in the Rockville area. If you have more info, please email me, r2rschafer@charter.net Thanks, Ruth