I have Diederich/Dietrich from Schwedelbach, which is near Kaiserslautern. There were several generations of school teachers (1700's)...Glan Munchweiler, Kottweiler and Schwedelbach. Don't know if there could be a connection to your Dederichs. Marian Huber Dietrich Dave & Judy Stickney wrote: > 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 > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? > send your message to Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com (click and ready to go) > mailto:Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe