Hello Lynn, I am also very interested in the family-history of the Schmeckpeper-families. I have several entered in my tree at
www.rootsweb.com. I am interested in the texts of the german postcards and articles, your grandmom collected. So, If you want a translation, dont hesitate to scan them and send them to my adress madsteinke(at)aol.com. Greetings from Germany...Matthias
Steinke