In a message dated 6/7/2002 8:02:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > June 22th there will be in the parish of Baustert near > Bitburg (direction to Neuerburg) a parish festival at 7 p.m....only one > member from this list, Jim Ross. He has Wagner ancestors from > Muelbach that went to Arcansas/USA, I hope this is correct Jim. Are > there some other connections that will be of interst to tell the > people > of Baustert parish, perhaps emigrants, genealogical data. I would be > glad to get some further information about emigrants from the parish > of > Baustert. > Hello Werner, nice to hear from you again! Wish I could go and give a report in person! My WAGNER great-grandparents from Baustert parish settled in Illinois first, then moved to Arkansas about 10 years later. Their MIRKES cousins settled in Wisconsin, and many MIRKESes still live there. My great-grandmother's aunt Margaretha BRETZ was born in Brimingen and her descendants were named SCHMITZ. Their descendant lives in Arizona. My great-grandfather's aunt Anna WAGNER married a STEFFES and their descendants emigrated to Illinois. They now spell their name STEVENS. Finally, the descendants of the son of Theodor HAU and Maria NEUERBOURG ALIAS HEINZEN of Brimingen moved to Luxembourg before 1861, and their descendants now live in Illinois. I hope all the Baustert fanatics find this useful. Please write to me directly for more info. Jim Ross