I would like to recognize and thank the following people and organizations 1. The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose enormous generosity and helpfulness in sharing 2. The other three members of the Green Bay Comedy Team: Rick Fontaine ("Larry"), Larry Smits ("Moe") and Debbie Ott ("Lucy"), all descendants of Nicholas Nooyen. Needless to say, Yours Truly is the "Curly" member of this quartet. The volume of historical Nooyen and Hermans family data they provided was exceeded only by the amount of internet humor and jokes. Also contributing to these efforts were Heidi Stenson, Dennis Hermans, and Bob Sonkowsky.. 3. Patrick Hays, genealogist extraordinaire, who pointed me in the right direction in my search for my Ott ancestors. 4. Researcher John Krussel who, in his generosity, made his research results on the Ott and Basler families in Germany available to all. 5. My Dutch
"cousin" Albert Maas of Gemert who provided valuable data regarding the
Maas and 6. The dozens of other
fellow researchers who provided much needed information, assistance, and
suggestions on the internet. Special mention must be given to Tom Fisher, Daniel
Bly, Maria "Ree" 7. George and Beth Ott. George is the great-grandson of Ferdinand Ott's youngest daughter Katie. They still live in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. 8. Darlene Cole, Administrator at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Bradford, Indiana, who provided valuable information on the family of Ferdinand Ott. 9. My son Ted Ott, who provided the technical assistance and instruction to build this website. 10. My father-in-law Sig Hahn, who was responsible for perking my interest in genealogy and providing a wealth of information regarding the Hahn family. 11. My cousin Marsha Ott, who provided critical family history but passed away before having the opportunity to view this compilation. Marsha died on June 12, 2000. 12. Carol's cousins Clarice
Sprengeler and Lily Spaude, who provided the Sprengeler family 13. To my beloved wife
Carol, who suffered for hours, days, and weeks without her husband while he hunted
and pecked on the computer keyboard searching for information. 15. And finally, thank YOU
for visiting our website. We hope it was an informative and enjoyable May your searches be successful, your "brickwalls" few, and may your family prosper.
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any song title and go to the corresponding website page. "A Mighty
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