Mike, I don't find any direct connections to the people listed in your message, but my gr-grmother, Anna Maria ROTH, is listed as "RODE" in her Harrison Co., IN, marriage records. My ROTH's came from Bavaria to Indiana in 1854 with the BAUER family, which I see is also in your list of surnames. Both families were from the village of Karbach, which is in Unterfranken near Wurzburg. The ROTH's moved on to Wisconsin, while the BAUER's remained in southern Indiana. Jack Ott