This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nicholai, Luther, Kemnitz, Floeter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/142.231 Message Board Post: We're some sort of distant cousins! I found records in the church book in Putzig, Posen for the birth of your Johann and several siblings. In the record your Johann August was recorded as Johann Nicholaus Nicholai, born Dec. 9, 1831. Perhaps the August was yet another name not recorded with the birth?! He was the 6th child of 8 that were born to: Johann Christoph Nicholai, b. 1793 in Posen, son of Martin Nicholai and his wife, Anna Rosina Luther, b. Before April 1799. (daughter of a Martin Luther, b. before 1779, no joke!) Christoph and Anna married in Putzig on March 31, 1819. They had at least 6 surviving children of at least 8 born. Five of these ended up in Marquette or Waushara county. Child number 3, Anna Maria Nicholai Kemnitz, is my ancestor. Drop me a note if you are interested in more info on this family.