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I knew my grandfather Johannes came from the Netherlands as a 6 yo boy in 1862. But he never told my Dad, William, his youngest son what town. Johannes married a very young girl from Luxembourg and they had 12 Children. Grandpa was a teamster that pull a hot tar wagon for roofers. On the next block was the town pump pub run by a Vos. When I was in catholic high school I met Dave Vos, one year older than I. We quickly bonded and later we learned both our fathers were Dutch. We became best friends and were best men in our respective weddings. We remained friends for 7 decades, when Dave Vos' wife researched our family history's and determined we both came From Echt in 1862 & 1863. We knew then we must be somehow related perhaps second cousins or such. I am leaving May 1 by ship and plan to be in Echt on May 20 and 21. I hope to find out more about the Two Families and perhaps you could help and we could meet. [if you email me i will give you my cell phone number].

This is a wonderful discovery and I thank you for sharing your research! I am helping a relative with her genealogy, which includes two families from Limburg--Lousberg and Jeurissen. Among their family placenames are Geleen, Born, Borgharen. The Jeurissen family arrived in Carver County, Minnesota in 1860. The Lousberg family left Limburg in 1879 and went directly to Saint Bernard in rural northeast Nebraska. Today I discovered a book held in the CBG about these families!

I just want to take a moment to thank you for all of the work you have completed, and made available here. It’s been surreal, going from being told by family that they don’t know much about our history, to being able to see that my family left Nieuwstadt in 1862.

Mevrouw lommen, wat n mooie website, helaas is er niemand die ik ken ver- trokken.

I really enjoyed looking through this website! There is a lot of information here which will help people in search of their ancestors. I had not heard of Limburg but I will put it on my places to visit!

Thank you so much for this wonderful website full of great information!! My great-grandfather was John Joseph Dauven who emigrated with his parents and sisters in 1878 - listed on your site's passenger lists. They were related to the Dohmens, Janssens, and Dirchs - some in Limburg, but most just across the border in Wehr and Susterseel. Like many Limburgers, they were devout Catholics. Father Ambrose Janssen was given land by the railroad company to build a Catholic Colony in Nebraska which is where most settled (St. Bernard). My great-grandfather later settled in Idaho and his daughter in Washington State. I live in Seattle - such a long way from Limburg!

Heel veel dank voor alle informatie en het geweldige boek "Landverhuizers uit de Westelijke Mijnstreek." Ik heb veel geleerd over mijn families Hamers en Zincken. Mijn oma Nelly Lemaire-Hamers had als kind het adres van haar Amerikaanse familie uit het hoofd geleerd en was er op latere leeftijd nog trots op, dat zij dit wist.

Ik ben de jongste van een paar familieleden die over de 50er en 60er jaren naar Canada zijn gekomen. Drie Smeets broers en de hele familie Hennen wonen in Quebec en Ontario. Mooie wesite, luisterde naar de liedjes. Prettige feestdagen vanuit Canada.

Looking for parents of Franz Joseph Limburg born 1841 & Henry Frederich Limburg born 1850 in Nordkirchen, Coesfeld District, North Rhine-Westphalia. These bothers emigrated to Arkansas, US. about 1867. Any help will be awesome.

Dear Irma Lommen - Salden, you have been so kind in helping me find a lost ancestor that immigrated from Sweden to America 1893. We never knew what happened to him and if we possibly have any relatives 'over there'. I've done some research myself, also with the help of a professional. We came so far that we had a very possible 'hit'. The name changed slightly as they often do to better fit the american language. Still not easy, there were so many with the same name! And I needed that confirmation, that we were on the right track. Then you, Irma, turned up (through the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MidwestGenealogyResearchCommunity/ ) and helped me find those documents I so well needed! You found a copy of a passport, which confirmed the address I had, gave some other precious private information and also a photo of him taken shortly before he died! Thats an amazing find to us!! He only has one grandchild still living, but now very sick...and I was happy to be able to show him a picture of his granddad who he'd never seen a picture of before. And soon he'll be able to see a second one of him! I am very happy for all this help. I felt tipsy like after 2 glasses of wine when I received the news, almost dizzy but very happy. This information will now be shared among all relatives here; great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Now remains to find if there's any more family left after him, my great grandfather Johan August, in the US. **Thankyou so much Irma Lommen - Salden for all you help!**