Johannes, Thank you so much for this information. I am interested in this family because Gerd and Maria are my 2nd great grandparents. I have a tree on Family Search and have never received duplicate notification because they spelled Gerhard Gerd and Elizabeth Elizabein. Family search has a different marriage date for them, so now I'll be looking to find that. I know that for most of their kids, they took their mother's name - Kaiser - because of the farm although several took their father's name including Maria Elizabeth Meyer or Meijer. I was surprised about the distance from Merzen and Gehrde, although I knew a Kaiser farm was in Gehrde. Thanks again for helping. It's been a long search, and more to go. Sincerely, Lynda
