How so very nice to hear from you! I am probably the only Koplen genealogist in the whole world and when I saw the name, it really came and grabbed me. The name is VARY rare and there is only one other family in the US who are Jewish. My branch came to the US in 1851 from Prossekel Prussia/Poland. I wanted to find out about Frieda to determine is she is from one of the known branches, or a whole new branch. What can you tell me about her. I have also corresponded with a Thorn Whitehawk <[email protected]> who posted information from a "family book" at Ancestry.com and responded "As far as Frieda goes all I have is the family book. Like I was saying earlier this is not really my side of the family. All I have on the old dates like that is what people have previously done. I believe that entries and updates were done on a need to basis and not researched. Like we were married in November ... that would have been added then instead of waiting for the marriage records to show that it has happened.I have tried to search for people and what not but have had little luck. Maybe if I knew where and how to start, instead of just looking.