Dear Listers, I have had a moderate amount of success with my SPIEGEL family, and have traced some lateral branches through the censuses and Family books of the Rieseby and Sieseby Parishes. Johann Jacob SPIEGEL (Mauermann - bricklayer) b. about 1767 m. 18 Oct 1791 at Sieseby Parish, Kreis Eckernförde Catharina Henriette Dorothea LÖFLER (or LÖFFLER) b. about 1769 Their children Peter Friedrich SPIEGEL b. about 1793 Dorothea Johanna SPIEGEL b. 6 Jan 1796 at Kathe Steinburg, Sieseby Parish, Kreis Eckernförde Christina Magdalena SPIEGEL b. 26 Feb 1799 in Sieseby Parish, Kreis Eckernförde Jacob Christian SPIEGEL b. about 1802 I would be delighted to hear from anyone who has a connection with this family. Greetings from Jindalee in Australia Eric Kopittke