This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/593.3.1.2.1.2 Message Board Post: I believe German. My grandfather (Charles I. Buss of Patoka, IL) was not close to his family. I have just found that his mother did not die until 1992, and I never had the opportunity to meet her. I am trying to get in touch with the Buss group that stills lives in Illinois but haven't had any response yet. Anyway, thanks for any help or direction you can provide.