>Bill Steiner (researching Steiner family >from Erlenbach bei Kandel & surrounding >area) Hi Bill-- My 3ggrandmother was Sophie Steiner(in) (1766-1830) from Erlenbach bei Kandel. She married Georg Moser (1764-1830) from Mectersheim bei Speyer. Their son, Anton Moser (b.1806) married Barbera Adolf (b. 1811) & the family lived in Mectersheim. Their daughter Anna Elis. Moser (b.1841) married Michael Koch (1839) a Catholic shoemaker in Germersheim--these were my great grandparents. Their son Anton Koch (b.1873) married Juliana Lauper (Prot.) (b.1877)--these were my grandparents who lived in Germersheim. My father, Eugen(e) Koch (b.1906) left Germany as a sailor in 1924; came to New York in 1925; and later moved to Pottsville, PA where I now live. There is probably some connection with your Steiners, but I am not sure about how to establish it. Any thoughts?--LK http://community.webtv.net/LOKoch/LawrenceKochHomePage