ESelzerSch@aol.com wrote: >Steve > >I am looking for information on the Roemer family that came to U.S. in the >1840's or 50's and settled in Illinois near Chicago. > > >I have researched the records of the town they were reported to have come >from in Germany but found no Roemers in the catholic records. From the records I >read on microfilm at the local family history center, it looked like the >family I am researching had changed their name to Roemer when they came to this >country but have no proof of that. > Have you found where they entered the USA? Are they the Peter and Caspar Roemer? Was this town Laumersheim? The only Caspar Roemer with father Peter in Family Search was born/baptized in Eschweiler. bob gillis