I am looking for members of my family who emigrated from Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, Hessen, in Germany and seem to have ended up in Kentucky, probably Louisville, before some of them went to Portsmouth, Ohio over the river. The family were originally Jewish. Hindle or Hannah STERN (April 7 1825 Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, Hesse, Germany -1891) married ? LEVI possibly in Louisville, Kentucky. The mystery LEVI was born in France and was either dead or not present in by 1880. He therefore may have died in Kentucky, perhaps Louisville. Children Charles (circa 1851 Kentucky (Louisville?) -?) Liquor store retailer Isaac (circa 1861 Ohio (Portsmouth?) - ?) Travelling Salesman Samuel (circa 1862 Ohio (Portsmouth?)-?) Shoe factory worker Bertha (circa 1864 Ohio (Portsmouth?)-?) Nellie (circa 1866 Ohio (Portsmouth?)-?) 1880 age 14 was living at Columbus Asylum Emanuel (Mannie) (circa 1879 Ohio (Portsmouth?)-? Zanesville, Ohio) married Beulah. Ran a store with his cousin Abram E STARR in Zanesville. According to the 1880 Scioto County census , a niece aged 26 Eva F STIR was living in the house. She would therefore have been born around 1856 in Ohio). The name STIR may be a misspelling for STERN or STARR. Hannah's elder brother Heimann (later Henry STARR) definitely lived in Louisville, Portsmouth and later Zanesville. This particular family (not my line of the family) is all traced. So if anyone has hide or hair of a LEVI family originating in France or a STERN/STARR family from Hesse, Germany, I would appreciate hearing from them. Alice Josephs UK genealicej@aol.com