I'm trying to confirm the location of my g-g-grandfather's birth. I have a couple of newspaper articles written about him. One says he was born in the town of Mintz, Germany, and the other simply says a town on the Rhine. My grandfather said the family was from the Alsace-Lorraine. Based on information I've been given, I'm thinking the town is actually Mainz. Can anyone confirm this? His family emigrated to New York, and then Wisconsin, when he about 1848-1849. He was married to Elizabeth ? in 1867, in Wisconsin. In 1872, the family moved to Oregon. In the cemetery near him and his wife, are another Adam WILHELM, b. 5/2/1817 and his wife Agnes, b. 5/31/1822. I'm assuming these are his parents, but they could be an uncle and aunt. If anyone has any connections, please contact me. Julia Portland, Oregon JuliaL1957@aol.com SURNAMES: Baker, Baldwin, Beach, Bearman/Berman/Bereman, Beckwith, Blackorby/Blackaby/Blackeby, Brown, Burr, Dahl, Davis/Davies, Grammage, Holt, Lee, Milasich/Milasic, Moore, Parker, Peck, Platt, Pritchard, Ransier/Rancier, Read, Royce, Schroeter, Sell/Selle, Sims, Stewart/Stuart, Tennant, Tyler, Vrancovich/Vrankovic, Vranizan/Vragnizan, Watson, Way, Whitlock, Wilhelm, Wood, Woodworth