BETTSCHNITT; BAY,DEU>IA,USA; 1738-1911 1st generation: Mattias BETTSCHNITT, b 23 Jun 1738 Fernabrunst? near Nuernberg, d 16 Mar 1794 Grosshabersdorf near Nuernberg, m ca 1768 Oedenreuth? near Nuernberg to Unknown. 2nd generation: Johann Leonhard BETTSCHNITT, b 13 Mar 1771 Oedenreuth near Nuernberg, d 30 Aug 1839 Oedenreuth near Nuernberg, m 6 July 1800 in Oedenreuth near Nuernberg to Kunigunde WACKERSREUTHER. Johann had a brother Johann Casper BETTSCHNITT, b ca 1770 Grosshabersdorf near Nuernberg, m Barbara ---. 3rd generation: Anna Elizabeth BETTSCHNITT, b 6 Feb 1802 Oedenreuth near Nuernberg, d 27 Nov 1834 Oedenreuth near Nuernberg, m Unknown or was unmarried. 4th generation: Margaretha BETTSCHNITT, b 6 Aug 1832 Oedenreuth near Nuernberg, immigrated to IA, USA 1855, m 1856 in IA to Johann Jacob WEISCHEDEL. She d 7 Aug 1911 SD, he d 1869 IA. I know nothing more about Bettschnitt nor Wackersreuther and have no other correspondents who work on those surnames. I have Weischedel descendants who are also Margaretha Bettschnitt's descendants. In Dec. 1997 I published a book Weischedel and Related Families from Feuerbach, Wuerttemberg, Germany 1550-1997; a Genealogy, by Zelda Zeuge Dubel, $51.00 postpaid. I'm seeking Bettschnitt and Wackersreuther research in Germany at this time. Zelda Zeuge Dubel "Bob Dubel" <rvdubel@email.msn.com>