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/2VB.2ACE/470.2 Message Board Post: Your query covers a fairly broad spectrum of time. Wilhelm Kaiser was WWI era, while the Nazi's emerged during the 1930s and defeated near the end of WWII. Many German emigrants left during that entire timeframe. The red, white and blue could refer to the American flag BUT maybe it is possible one of the flags of their home country had those colors in it. In fact, I watched Sound of Music last night and I know the pre-Nazi Austrian flag had at least Red and White. You need to get your data organized and verified from the latest going backward, starting with you. Birth and death certificates. The latest US census open to the public is 1930. Verify your relatives are or are not in that. Also check the Ellis Islands Immigration Records, I know they have some from the 1920s. Good luck. Mary and Don Saban Saban and Thompson Homepage http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sabthomp/index.htm