Yes! Thank you. I have all that information now, going back to Simon Adam, born 1638.

Very interesting. Thank you so much! I'll take a look at that link and use a translator to learn more about it. It is very complicated because ok - so they were french for a couple of centuries before going to the United States. But...what nationality were they before 1648? Or is that impossible to ...

Hi thank you for your reply! So it's been French for a very long time - so my ancestors most likely spoke only French? Was it German before 1648? So if that's the case...what is the nationality of my Adam ancestors - German and then as generations went on, they spoke french since they were part of t...

Hello! Thank you so much for your reply! A month or so after I posted this, I found distant cousins who confirmed my ancestry and gave me information on the Adam family dating back to the 1600s - to Simon Adam, 1638-1698 - looks like the Adam clan was from Diebolsheim, France. Very exciting! I actua...

Hello all, I'm hoping someone here can help me with this elusive ancestor of mine. (I also posted this in the France region board on this site.) I show that he was born in France on June 24, 1838, immigrated to the US, and settled in Illinois in Hinckley, IL in 1880. (his son Nelson John Jr. was bor...

Hello all, I'm hoping someone here can help me with this elusive ancestor of mine. I show that he was born in France on June 24, 1838, immigrated to the US, and settled in Illinois in Hinckley, IL in 1880. (his son Nelson John Jr. was born in Hinckley in February 1880.) He was married to Anna Lorenz...