This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KOCH, BARTHLE, SWEEP, SCHWIEP Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/1660 Message Board Post: I will repeat my 5 year old plea for assistance on the KOCH family. Gottlieb Koch was born about 1831-33 somewhere in the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg, Germany. Where is the big question. His parents, according to wedding information, were Michael and Sophia, but that's all I know. He settled in the Melrose area by 1866, but emigrated in 1853 landing in N.Y. Where he was during the period of 1853-1866 is unknown. I suspect it was Ohio (near some of the BARTHLE family who later settled near him in Stearns County). One child of Gottlieb Koch and wife Regina SCHWIEP / SWEEP was named George M. KOCH, and so I suspect Michael's full name was Georg Michael KOCH. Families of Bernard Koch, Gottlieb's son, with a large family should also be interested in this search. Any help would be appreciated. Are there any relatives or friends who might help, especially ones near or in Stearns County?