This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bourgo,Cadotte, Cook, Denien, Langford, Lawin, Loonsfoot, LaPorte Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZFC.2ACI/536.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know whether you can help me, or not. My biggest headache has been trying to find out when and where my family came into this country. I have been unable to locate them on any passenger lists or at Ellis Island. My Gr-Gr Grandfathers, Albert Lawin and August John Denien both came from Germany, and settled in Long Prairie, Todd County, MN. I believe Denien's came in 1866, and the Lawins came between 1882 and 1904. My husban teases me that they were kidnapped by aliens from Germany, and returned to the wrong hemisphere. Anyway, I understand what it's like not being able to find info. That's why I worked on finding yours. TERRY