This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/4008 Message Board Post: Looking for information on my 2nd ggparents Heinrich & Madgalena Strauss. The family was from the Hanover, Germany area. They came to the US in 1854 and lived in Chacigo, IL.They family changed their last name to Stross abt 1860. Thanks Bob Buehler