This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MERKEL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/2915 Message Board Post: Seeking any information on three MERKEL families who emigrated to Richmond from Baden in 1851. They were headed by brothers Johann Adam, Ambrose and Augustine. Various family members and descendants can be found in local censuses from 1860 - 1930. Particularly interested in death records and burial information for oldest family members, who would have died in the period 1851-1880.