This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Resch, Gutman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/452.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes there is! It was the uncle of one of the people that is helping put the family history together. Preliminary research shows that Joseph Resch received special permission from Francis Joseph, King of the Austro-Hungarian empire, to leave for America. I believe that all Resch family members, at least within Wisconsin, are related. I would love to work with you if you'd like, as would the others involved in piecing together this family's history.