Just to let the list know we expanded our website considerably. Have a peek at "Andy & Mary's Genealogy": http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wegner It is a broadbased family site, with 8000 people, detailed & linked genealogies, 200 photos, hundreds of pages of notes, family history summaries, references, useful links, GEDCOM files, and a dozen or so hand-drawn maps. The people are from: Kreis Borken Westfalen/Nordrhein Kreis Daun (Eifel region) Kreise Schivelbein/Belgard and Regenwalde, Pommern Kreis Wunsiedel Bavaria Gelderland Netherlands County Cornwall England County Clare Ireland Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, etc USA Kolmar Posen West Prussia It is easily navigated and has its own search engine. Andy's surnames in Kries Borken Westfalen/Nordrhein (near Bocholt and also around Lüdinghausen) and just across the border from Bocholt in Gelderland are: Ardes, Butzen, Eiting, Döink, Kellerman, Leyen, Micke, Penterman, Van Melis, Vos, Welter, and MANY, MANY others. Follow the Eiting and Kellerman branch and their ancestors, and allied families. Mary's surnames in Kreis Daun in the Eifel Mountains region, mostly east of Kelberg are: Haensgen, Koenigs, Mauer, Nett, Stern, Thelen, and MANY others. Follow the Haensgen branch and their ancestors and allied families. cheers, Andy and Mary

It's interesting that many of these same families also ended up in Westphalia Michigan. John Peter Maurer born 21 Apr 1821 in Kempenich/Eifel, Germany arrived in 1855. Thelens: five different Thelen families settled here including John Joseph Thelen and his brother John Mathias, sons of Mathias Joseph Thelen and Margareth Feldner. Müller/Millers: 15 different families 13 of which from the Eifel: Arft (2) Langscheid (4) Drees (3) all of which are in the immediate vicinity of Jammelshofen as well as one each from Rech, Dorsel, Denn and Acht. So my big question is.... in Jammelshofen, did you ever encounter the name Feldner? The patriarch of the family, Valerius, was born in Austria in the early 1700's and as a young man was sent to the Rheinland, he married one of the local young ladies where they raised their family and remained for the rest of their years. BTW, nice website!!!! Good luck with it. Joseph B. Miller Troy, Michigan > Just to let the list know we expanded our website considerably. Have a > peek at "Andy & Mary's Genealogy": > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wegner > > Mary's surnames in Kreis Daun in the Eifel Mountains region, mostly > east of Kelberg are: Haensgen, Koenigs, Mauer, Nett, Stern, Thelen, and > MANY others. Follow the Haensgen branch and their ancestors and allied > families.