Pat, may ask for your patience in looking for your German Family in Austin Co. TX. We have a wee book written in the early 1930s about German families+ others in Austin Co. and nearby counties. Unfortunately-no index, however, I will make a hard copy of your e-mail and insert it in the book as a reminder and too, make it easier to find your family name if they were included in the book My husband's family lived in Austin Co TX following their arrival from Germany, New Ulm or Bartlett, if my memory correctly serves me. That is my explanation of the book that have remained in the Wienke family all these 60+ years. Betty Cole Wienke, Researching: CLOVER, GANN, HOWARD, MASSSINGILL