i have not personally read this book yet but my uncle has a copy and is currently reading it and sharing bits and peices of the work with me. it is call "Heart Pine" by "Anne landis swann", printed by "minors printing company" in boone. the book has the gardin or gerding family history all the way back to gerhard gerding he was from germany although we have relatives in denmark also i think if you can find a copy of this book it may help fill in some blanks in your research it has ours...