Hello Ziegler Researcher's, I had written an email to Ronald Ziegler and I thought I would share it with all of you, incase there could be a possible connection for somone. At 12:15 AM 12/25/97 EST, you wrote: >Season's Greetings from this Ziegler family to yours > >Thanks for the e mail. We have conflicting reports as to just where our family >came from in Germany. One story has it that Antoine Ziegler came to >southeastern Michigan via the Erie Canal about twentyfive years before the >Civil War, settling in Monroe County to farm there. He would be my great, >great grandfather. My grandfather, Anthony Ziegler, sold that farm during the >1920's. We are not sure where he came from in Germany or just when. We have >heard that he came from around east of Strasburg, but it is also said that his >parents came from Philadelphia where they had lived since before the >Revolution. Other ancestors -- Fuhrmans, Browns, Smiths(?), Knox, etc -- may >have come more recently from Europe. When he was in the Army, my cousin >visited a 'cousin' then living in the Beethoven house in Strasburg, according >to him. > >I have also learned that the Ziegler name is a very special one. It means, of >course, >bricklayer, but that also means 'mason.' That opens all kinds of >possibilities, but the symbolic character of the name Ziegler or mason, >represented by the compass and square, dates back to Alexander and Akhenaton, >who took it to mean the special connotation they prided themselves in of being >'city-builders.' There was a migration of Greek Christians to the area between >and around Lyon-Geneva-Strasburg, apparently coming up the Rhone River very >early in the Christian era, about 1600 years ago, from which this line came. >Of course, one hears many stories, but it is an interesting one. > >I would look forward to hearing from you, and finding out some of what you may >have uncovered. In the meantime, I will talk to some of my relations and see >what else I might be able to come up with which might be of interest. By the >way, exactly where is it that you are located? > >Thanks again for the message, and best wishes for a prosperous New Year. > >Ronald Gordon Ziegler, Ph.D.<RZieg97818@aol.com> I was wondering would you mine if I showed your email letter to other Ziegler researchers? I'm a member of the "Ziegler" email list and maybe someone else on this list would have a connection with your ziegler's. I would be gratified if you showed >my e mail to others, >and would be happy to hear from anyone who might have some knowledge of >connections. By the way, again, where are you located in this great land of >ours? > >Thanks, and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. Live long and >prosper! > >Ron Ziegler <RZieg97818@aol.com> > > > Take Care! Pam Researching: ARMBRUSTER,BODDEN,KETTNER,MUELLER,SEEGER,TATSCH,WEYH,ZIEGLER http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1214/