Hello J. Thanks for writing. I am so sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I'm working on the family history right now, as well as this project, and taking two classes while working. I will add your data to my ever growing list. It is interesting that so many names are found in both Cincinnati and Auglaize and once I'm done with the family history and my job search I plan on putting a lot more time into my project and attempting to see if indeed there is a connection between these families in Auglaize, Cincinnati, Covington and Oldenburg (IN). I bet I will find many connections. I will contact you if I cross any of the names you are looking for. Thanks again for writing. LeeAnn McNabb Cincinnati, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: <FTATA23@aol.com> >I finally got around to reading my email, sorry to be slow in contacting >you > :) > > I recognize Busse and Rabe as names from New Bremen, Auglaize County, > Ohio. > New Bremen/aka Bremen and Ober Bremen. > > I have been slowly researching my NIETER ancestry. In an account > published > on the early settlers of Auglaize County, it described "a community" of > Germans > in Cincinnati, who had evidently been waiting to move north till some of > the > Indian population had been moved west. A group from Cincinnati started > building the first structures in Bremen and setting up for the women to > join them > around 1832. The name Bremen was changed to Ober Bremen after it was > learned > there was already another town in Ohio named Bremen. > > I would greatly appreciate any info or tips you might come across on > NIETER, > WAGNER, HELLBUSCH, GUSKY, SCHIERHOLT (or Schierholtz), HEITMAN, or > HAESEKER in > the areas of your research. (I underlined the most important four for my > concern). > > Hope I didn't tell you things you already knew... and thank you for your > attention. > > J. Nieter >