MR RICHARD H MATHEWS wrote: > Hi Orangeburg Bob -- > > The town in Wuerttemberg, Germany that my Georg and Anna Ziegler came > from is called Weiden. I've never pinpointed it on a map to determine > where it is, or how close it might be to Shonstetten. If Weiden turns > out to be close to Shonstetten and you'd like to inquire further > about a possible link between your Shonstetten Zieglers and my Georg > & Anna from Weiden, feel free to let me know. Meantime, good luck > with your Ziegler reunion table this weekend. > > Richard Mathews ***************************************************Hi Richard, Our Oktoberfest family history work tables were a great success. Particularly so in view of our slow start. This was our first attempt at this. Next year it will be better. At the No. 1 session Friday night there were just us Orangerburghers talking to ourselves. Saturday morning was much better. Two German college students who were visiting here in Orangeburg helped us at a couple of tables. They live in Albstadt, Germany, which is about 50 miles from Sohnstetten. They were a big help with the language, the people, and where everything is. Saturday, we had about six Zeigler/Segler researchers from SC and as far away as FLA and CAL. Needless to say there were many connections, finds and exchanges of information. Four of us from SC have already gathered for a Mini-Zeigler-Worktable to carry on the information swap that was started. Oops, back to Weiden. The only Weiden that I could find on my map (only large towns) was 20 KM from the Chech border and 80 KM east-north-east of Nurnberg which is quite a distance from Sohnstetten. There may be another Weiden elsewhere? The German historians say that the first of the Zeigler name were from Dresden, also near the Chech border. We will have to get our Sohnstetten and Weiden Zeiglers sorted out before we can really start on Dresden. Richard, please let me hear from you. Oburg Bob H. _____