In a message dated 05/09/2000 12:20:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dkortenk@uwsp.edu writes: << I'm not famliar with "The SCHIRMER Diaries." I doubt they relate to Simon SCHERMER, whose name was never written as SCHIRMER. He emigrated from Holland about 1835 to Charleston and later started an import-export business. >> Greetins from SC. Oh well, it was just a thought... since they were written by a Charlestonian in the 1800's... URQ