My family information only goes back to about 1800. My great-grandfather, Paul Aachen(1821-1914) was born to Clemens Aachen and Elizabeth Shafer near Aachen, Germany. He entered this country via New Orleans in 1854, lived in IA for a few years, and finally settled near St. Clair,MN in 1860. Good luck with your search...you obviously are doing better at it that I am!