Dear Ms. Schuh, This is quite a reach, although your references are to relationships 100 years earlier than I am aware of in my family. But here goes: Could it be that there is a connection from your Schuh and Dahm families of Welschbillig to any of the following persons? Johannes SCHUH (b. est. 1785 Deutschland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Trier, Igel; d. est 1840 prob. there) m. Margaretha DOSTERT. Johann SCHUH (b. est. 1795 prob. Igel; d. aft. 1845 prob. there) m. Susanna GIWER 29 Jan 1845 Igel. Joannis Mathias DAHM (b. bef. 1752 Deutschland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Saarburg, Wasserliesch; d. bef. 1824 there) m. Maria Elisabetha FISCHER 10 Feb 1789. Their children: Anna Maria (b. 1790.03.24, m. Mathia HOFFMAN), Maria Anna (b. 179210.09), Susanna (b. 1797.03.15), Joannes (b. 180103.08 m. Maria STEIN of Soest 1824.01.11), Catharina (b. 1803.11.07 m. Johann Matthias KOHN 1825.01.12). Thomas Kohn Your message >>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:56:16 -0500 From: Anna Marie Schuh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] My husband's family has a Johann Franzen in Welschbillig in 1633. The Franzens marry into the Dahm family 1668. My husband's ggrandfather (CarlDahm) was born in Welschbillig in 1822 and his son Adam is born in Niles Illinois in 1857. ... Anna Marie Schuh