Thanks for your message. I would be interested to know if you have information concerning the Schleirmacher family in Germany that goes back beyond when they emigrated to the U.S. Also I have received the information that Michael Fickel was born in 1709 in Richen Hanzen, Palatinate, Germany. I have received this information through the internet and have not therefore researched it myself. But I will pass it along if it might be of interest to you. I have tried to locate the town on a Germany map but have not found the specific location yet. Audrey