This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Seibert Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/ZKB.2ACE/346.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Chris..I am trying to get some family history for my grandchildren..waited until I retired to follow the trail. My mother is Leona Schluss..her mother was Louise or Maria Louise Walkenbach daughter of Catherine. Louise was married to Wassenburg which produced three children Emma, Anne and Madeline..Anne was married to Bill Fricke and I guess stayed in Hermann the others in that branch headed west to California and stayed here.My grandmother Louise Walkenbach-Wassenburg then married Theodore Schluss and that union produced my mom. She was 14 years old when they left there.. I was told my grandmother had a boarding house in Hermann and made wine for the catholic fathers. My mother was a great source of family history and I would love to talk with other family members to exchange information. DO you life in Hermann and has the Walkenbach branch ever had a family re-union? Chris I have an aol address if you would e-mail for further data I would really appreciate it. I hav! e more family here in California and we used to gather all the time. The elders have all passed away and the elder cousins are still here..daughters of Louise still living are Marlou (Madelines only child) and Dolly (Annes) surviving daughter..Dolly is the daughter of Bill Fricke and Ann Wassneburg. My e-mail is Margeortiz@aol.com..Thanks for your response Your California Cousin Margie