What a wonderful letter. Thank you for sharing it. I read every word and imagined my ancestors coming to Southern Minnesota. Joan -- Joan Schneider Born, (Rootsweb Sponsor), researching: BENESCH, BORN, BRAND, CHRISTEN, DROMMERS, GROSJEAN, HAMMES, HENGES, HERRMANN. (HEERMANN), HUNA, HUPERTZ, KNOTT, LAMBY, LENG, LIEBL, MURGES, ROSS, (ROHS), SCHNEIDER, SCHNOBRICH, TURBES, YOUNG