Hello to Nancy and Dennis researching your Woeltje relatives :) I was struck by the mention of "New Bremen" NY in your notes... is interesting... because I have relatives from New Bremen, Ohio. I know that there were Nieters (my family name) in New York State also. And it is probable that they had also come from the Hannover area of Germany. Interesting coincidence that NY and OH both had towns named New Bremen. In some of the historical material in Ohio, I learned though that the first name of the community had been Bremen (around 1832), but when it was learned another town had already been established in Ohio with that name, the founders changed it to Ober Bremen... which later became New Bremen. Do either of you know the year when New Bremen was founded in NY state? Curious, Judy