Albert Carl Gottfried Griepp (1849-1921), together with his widowed mother, a brother and a sister, immigrated from Germany to Cedarburg, Wisconsin in 1871. He married Anna Ernestina Ruth Henke in 1877, and moved to Bonduel, Wisconsin. Descendants lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and elsewhere.

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

Christine Sager (b.1797) of Geiglitz, Regenwalde, Pommern, aged 59 left Hamburg, Germany on the ship Copernicus in 1856 and landed at New Orleans. She and other members of her family, Carl Sager and family and Joachim Zahn and family were traveling together. They settled at Kirchhayn, Jackson Twp., Washington Co., Wisconsin. Seven generations of descendants are given. Includes pedigree charts of various descending lines.

The definitive guide to the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States. With origins, variations, rankings, prominent bearers and published genealogies.