After 80+ years of knowing that John Stickney had changed his name _to_ Stickney from some similar German name, we finally found his father and the family in the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, census of 1860. Sibert STICKEN and his wife Anna Maria MüLLER emigrated with their 4 small children from their home in Lindweiler to the US in 1847, arriving in New York in August. (Still haven't found the ship.) Thanks to the LDS website, I was able to locate Sibert and Anna Maria's marriage record in the Tondorf civil registers. Viewing the films gave us both sets of their parents and names of Sibert's uncle and grandparents. Sibert, born 1814, was the son of Herman (Germaine) Joseph STICKEN (born about 1785), son of Johann Joseph Sticken and Anna Gertrude DEDERICHS. They also had at least 1 other child that lived to adulthood - Sibert. Anna Maria MüLLER, born abt.1820, was the daughter of Johann Jacob MüLLER and Elisabeth GERHARDS. They were married 27 April 1842 in Tondorf, and had the following children born to them in Germany: Anna Helena, Anna Barbara, Jacob, and Johann Jacob. One more daughter, Catherine, was born to them in Wisconsin. We are happily looking for any and all connections to the STICKEN - MüLLER - DEDERICHS - and GERHARDS families in this area, and those connected to them. It looks like this is considered the Eifel area. Is this the correct list to post to. Keeping my fingers crossed!!!XXX Judy Stickney from Northern Minnesota