All of Mervin L. Niekamps ancestors came from Germany and most settled in Ohio. They are now found around the United States. This book goes backward by generation and then follows the line to the present. Includes Beuhler, Dicke, Gieseke, Niekamp, Stammen and related families.

The descendants of Johann Friedrich Busse (b. 1800) and his wife Johanna Friederike Katz (b. 1803) who with four of their children emigrated to Elk Grove, Illinois in 1848. Their descendants number nearly 6800 in 1998. Includes Behrens, Deeke, Freise, Gieseke, Heidorn, Kirchhoff, Meier, Mensching, Meyer, Moehling, Rittmiller, Rittmueller, Schwanke, and other related families.

Descendants of Georg Ulrich (b. ca. 1580-d. 1634) for twelve generations. Georg was a farm operator and mayor of the village of Frebershausen in the Principality of Waldeck, Germany. Several members of the family came to the United States, and branches of the family are located in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Includes Bahr, Berg, Billerbeck, Braun,...