Hi - Recently discovered my gggrandfather was William Schaefer and his wife was Catherine Reitz. My ggrandfather was Joseph Schaefer b. 1851 in Nassau, Germany. He had a brother "Jake" and a sister Margaret who married a Liser (Lizer?). Based on the birth date of my ggrandfather, his parents may have been born about 1825-1830 or so. The religion was Catholic. Joseph immigrated about 1870. (Don't know when "Jake" and Margaret immigrated). Joseph, Jake and Margaret lived in Chicago area at first. Joseph moved to Iowa after three years (1874?) and farmed and relatives visited him there. No one remembers where exactly in Illinois the relatives lived. Hopefully the above info will ring a bell with someone, but I'm not holding my breath here. thanks Karlyn Armstrong [email protected]