Many people have contributed information and valuable time in helping me. They are:

Sadie Mormile Bleimes - my best helper in all things - to the end.

Ferne Deininger Bridge, cousin, historian. Juda, Wisconsin. - Deceased.

Siegfried Scheller, friend, educator. Eschau, Bavaria, Germany.

Robert Baldwin Kinnear, friend, engineer. Newark, Ohio - Deceased.

Msgr. Thoralf T. Thielen, friend, Christian. St. Catherine, Iowa - Deceased.

Ella Gieg, correspondent, writer. Lutzelbach, Bavaria, Germany.

George Bleimes Watson, cousin, police officer. Chicago. - Deceased.

Florence Davis Hagman (and her sisters), all cousins. USA. - Deceased.

Eva "Babe" Morbitzer Loos, cousin, singer. Columbus, Ohio - Deceased.

Marian Thiemie Vaughan, cousin, educator. Little Rock, Arkansas. - Deceased.

Eva Robinson Burmeister, cousin, homemaker. St. Pete, Florida. - Deceased.

Wolfgang Thielen, correspondent, educator. Trierweiler, Rheinland, Germany.

Wolfgang Pleimes, correspondent, engineer. Cologne, Germany.

Norma Jean May Huss, friend, researcher. Metropolis, Illinois - Deceased.

Anne Shier Klintworth, correspondent, researcher. Buzzardtown, Ohio.

Kenneth Whited Helstern Jr., cousin, retired. Chalfont, Pennsylvania.

Carol Anderson Greig, cousin, homemaker, Avon Lady. Fruitland, Idaho.

Ashley Bleimes, my enthusiastic granddaughter.

Kathy Bleimes, daughter-in-law, web support.

Others - from everywhere.

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