Hi James,
Wow I had forgotten this note was out there. Hello Cousin!

How did you push back further on your research? I would love to hear of your ancestral lines. It has been a good many years since I talked to a very asute Reller researcher but she had discovered the Rellers came to the Reller surname via a farm and were in fact another surname. I know when I visited there in 2001 there were many Reller references to this day. Osterrellermann St. and Westerrellerman St. and Westerrelleman chapel etc. Guess there were two lines the East and West and then because Rellerhenrich via a Westerrellerman by the name of Heinrich. Doing this from memory so there may be slight errors but you get the gist I am sure.

I still have some acorns from the old oak tree at the Blome farm where Benedict and Catherina Timmer were born. It is still owned by the Blome family amazingly enough. The farm house had burned down the year my ancestor immigrated so the house is from 1852 but the barn is older. It was an amazing experience.

If you would like to email me direct, please email "europatb at iowatelecom.net" replacing the "at" with an "@" symbol.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Karen