Cousin Rita,

Its nice to get a response to a post from a genealogist I am actually related to.I'm a second cousin to the Goeder boys and the Smith children. You and I are second cousins, once removed.

I have all of these names in my family book. Nick and Lucy were my dad's uncle and aunt. Rose was his first-cousin. I am familiar with Eva, although I have not yet met her. My family had a reunion in Emmetsburg last year and I know some Girres and Laubenthals made a special appearance, but I am not sure if Eva was there.

This is a line of my family that needs filling out. I have her children's names, but not her grandchildren. I have many, many questions to ask you and look forward to corresponding with you. I do not have much on Rose or her husbands. I have her children's names, but not her grandchildren.

> My name is Rita Beyenhof. My maiden name was
> Goeders. Nick and Lucy are my Grandmothers parents. My
> Grandmother was Rose Laubenthal. She married John
> Goeders and later married Ed Smith.. I have a sister to my
> Grandmother still living. Her name is Eva Adams living in
> Emmetsburg. She had been married to a Carrigan.
>
> E-mail me if you want. We'll see what we can dig up...Rita