I am helping a friend track down her maternal family line, related to Elfriede Schmidt, born 3 Apr 1928 - family paperwork says "Schoenfeld, Kreis Brieg". She married a US soldier, Bill Turek, around 1958; they lived in the "Patch Barracks" in Stuttgart until they moved to the US sometime after 1959. Elfriede died in Florida in 2001, we believe. Does anyone have any information that could help us track down this family? We are both unfamiliar with Poland, and have no real idea when her family may have moved to Germany - perhaps before WWII. I know Schmidt is likely a common name, so any help you can offer would be appreciated. [My earlier post seems to have disappeared or to have been moved - my apologies if I am posting in the wrong thread. Please redirect me if that is the case, and thanks.]