This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallner, Krueger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zEC.2ACE/243 Message Board Post: Am researching these two families. These relatives are found mainly in Sangamon County, IL (Springfield, Chatham). They immigrated from Germany 1855-1890 and were mainly German Lutherans. Please advise if you believe you may be connected. Some names are Ludwig Gottlieb Wallner, Joachim Krueger, Wilhelmine nee Ludtke Wallner, Caroline nee (Ebert, Ewert, Avert) Krueger. Kruegers are believe to have first gone to Ohio, then Wisconsin, and finally to Illinois.