I am only on this site because I put in Friedland.I am temporary on the site.I also am very private and would not post anything to any web-sites.I do know Bill was an only child he said but was very close to some cousins.One of the pictures of his father was in 1898 he was with a cadavar in the operating room . Poss. in Russia.It is all so interesting.Have you found anything on The Town of Friedland in Germany I believe that would have been Prussia at the time.Where do you live? Good Luck Joan