I'm doing research on my BODENHEIMER family line, which includes BODENHEIMER, KRAMER, BAUM, SCHLOSS, JOSEPH, STERN and STEGMEIER. I have traced the Bodenheimers and the Kramers back to Rulzheim/Ruelzheim, Germany, and the Sterns and Stegmeiers to Saarbrucken. Here are more specifics: Simon BODENHEIMER married Magdelena BAUM & had a son -- Maklers Meyer BODENHEIMER. (Someone said "Maklers" might have been his occupation, not his name -- a middleman or a broker). Maklers Meyer married Judith FEIBELMANN, 2 sons -- Samuel & Ferdinand. Samuel married Thekla (Toni) KRAMER, 4 children (Hertha, Ann, Margot & Walter). Ferdinand married Toni's sister Eugenia, one son -- Eric. I have information about Samuel & Ferdinand's children & grandchildren (and great-grandchildren, etc.) if anything sounds like a connection. Gerda Ella STERN married Walter BODENHEIMER (Samuel & Thekla's son). Gerda's parents were Ludwig STERN & Auguste STEGMEIER. They had 2 other daughters -- Hilda & Ruth. Thanks, Bonnie Bonnie Bodenheimer Yardley, PA, USA bonnie@starlinx.com