From there I called a guy who had sent me an email a few month ago. He had searched the internet for his last name and found... me!! Mails went back and forth and we found out that we even might be related!! His great-grandfather emigrated from Danzig-Germany to the USA in 1900. My fathers family is coming from the same area, and we know for sure that at least one brother of my great-grandfather emigrated to the USA too, also in 1900!! Considering that our last name wasn't very common at all back then, I think chances are pretty good that we really are related!!!
Anyway, I called cousin Bruce and he gave me directions to his place, where we met next day (June 4th) around noon.
During this day and the next I had the pleasure to meet not only Bruce' wife Pam and his daughter Heather, but also his parents and his in-laws and many other of their relatives and friends. We had lots of fun, and after a very short time I really felt like beeing with family. So nice people, we gotta be related!! ;-)
The next day I left them around noon, heading towards Indianapolis. Bruce' parents Phyllis and Don live there and they had invited me to stay for the night. We all visited Bruce's brother Dale in his shop , went out for dinner and had a great time.
Friday June 6th. came, the day I've been looking forward to for so long. I left Indy in the morning, took I70 west, then I55 north for a few miles, went off at exit 43 and there it was:
