My gt-gdfather Johannes Ehinger was born in Balingen, W"rttemberg, Germany on 7 May 1833. He came to New York in 1849 and settled in Philadelphia where he married Barbara Friederike Merz from Waiblingen in 1859. To date I have traced his line five generations including families named Flatt/Flatten, Haasis/Hassis, Jetter, Maier, Pfeiffer, Sting and Strasser. Would love to correspond with anyone connecting to these families.