Kathy, thanks for lead to the Onondaga County GenWeb site. I posted a query there in Jan 2000. No responses. Perhaps it is time to revisit the site, and post a new query. And, thanks for the KIRSH info. I have also been researching that variation of the name. No luck. Dan Stevens Point, WI http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dk/danielpg.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: kql [mailto:lenerz@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:46 PM > To: Kortenkamp, Daniel > Cc: TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Trier emigrants to Syracuse, NY, 1850 > > Kortenkamp, Daniel wrote: > > Does anyone have info about Catholic emigration from the Trier area to > > Syracuse, NY? Any locations/parishes in Syracuse? I have an ancestor - > > Catherine KISCH - who, according to her obit [Dubuque, Iowa, March > > 1925], was born "February 24, 1840, Trier, Germany . . . came to this > > country with her parents when ten years old. For two years the family > > lived in Syracuse [Onondaga County], New York." The family then moved > > to Dubuque, Iowa. > > You might want to look at the USGenWeb site for Onondaga County: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/ > They have a lot of information, including the histories of towns, > villages, and churches that describe the origins of the founders. There > were definitely German groups that settled there and had their own > churches. You also might try contacting the Onondaga County mailing > list re: settlers from the Trier area. > > FWIW, the Town of Manlius, east of Syracuse in Onondaga County, had many > settlers from the area around Forbach in Lorraine, including some named > KIRSCH (my family). (There were other Kirsch families in the area, as > well.) Although they're not that far apart, those folks identified > themselves as Lothringisch, rather than Trierisch. > > Good luck! > Kathy >