Several of my ancestor families (MECHTEL, LENZ, BLOCK, and SCHAVE) lived near Princeton and attended the Zion Evangelical Church. Starting about 1880, a number of them moved west to Minnesota and Dakota Territory, where they homesteaded. Eventually, many of them settled in Union Township, Grand Forks County, ND, where they founded Holmes Evangelical Church, which stands to this day. At least one ROEDER family also settled in this area and became well known in the church. An 1890 plat map lists land in the possession of Augusta Roeder and Herman Roeder, and a Union Township history lists the marriage of Ferdinand Roeder and Bertha Schave as the first in the township. I am quite certain that this is the Roeder family that recently appeared on the list. I have the church history and other documents that I would be happy to share. I'd be interested if anyone has information on the MECHTEL, LENZ, BLOCK, or SCHAVE families. They came from Kreis Soldin, Prussia and settled in Green Lake County before 1860. Steve _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp