Hi Dan, Were you able to find him in 1900? Parents names?, siblings names? Any chance he also went by Emil? Found 1900 Michigan, Wayne Co, Detroit August Paschke, 38, b.Dec 1861 Ger, US in 1881 Minnie, 39, b.Mar 1861, Ger, mar.14yrs, 6ch/6 living, US in 1881 Emil, 13 b. Oct 1886, Mich. Ida, 12, b.Mar 1888, MI Herman, 10, Dec 1889 August, 7 Aug 1892 Emma, 5, Jul 1894 Paul, 3, Feb 1897 I know it's a "shot in the dark", but he has to be somewhere! Judy ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.