Ruth, are you trying to find more information on the family in Schifferstadt or after the Lists moved to Detroit? bob gillis Ruth Tomlinson wrote: > > I am new to this list, I am searching for my ggrandmother > Maria Anna Schmidt, b. Sept. 29, 1840 or 41, from > Schifferstadt, Canton Speyer, Rhenish, Baveria. She had a > brother Martin, who changed his name to Smith after coming > to the US. He settled in New York City or Brooklyn and > later sent back for his Sister. I think Maria came to the US > about 1858. In 1862 Maria Anna Schmidt married Philip List > in the Lutheran Reformed Church on Suffolk St., New York > City. Their first child Wilhiem Henirich List, was born > Sept. 19, 1864 and baptized in the same Church. > They moved to Detroit, Michigan about 1866. >