Hello, I am a new member of the WILACROS mailing list and looking for the ggg-grandfather of my wife. His original name is Georg MUELLER, born 18.4.1830 in Ried, Bavaria, Germany. He was married with Maria SCHROTT, born 21.2.1830 in Hörbach, Bavaria. They had five children: Theresia, born 18.10.1860 in Bavaria Georg, born 4.4.1862 in Bavaria Elisabeth, born 8.7.1865 in Bavaria Anton, born 13.6.1867 in Bavaria, died 2.7.1867 in Bavaria Johann Baptist, born 10.5.1869 in Bavaria Georg MUELLER and his family emigrated to Wisconsin. There they wanted to begin a “new” life. Georg MUELLER wrote a few letters to his priest in Bavaria. So we know that in Wisconsin he used the name John BETZINGER. We also know that on 2.12.1869 their son Johann Baptist died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the 1870 Census I could find the family of John BETZINGER as inhabitants of the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin. In the 1880 Census I cannot find a BETZINGER family who fits to the family of "my" John BETZINGER. In the 1870 city directory of La Crosse John BETZINGER is a labourer and resides in n w c Badger and Twelfth. In the 1876 city directory of La Crosse there is no John BETZINGER. Has anybody John BETZINGER or his children in his family tree? Can anybody help me to continue my search in La Crosse? Thank you very much for your help. Gerhard Heininger Bavaria, Germany