hella fellow rard families i hope all are doing well, i have been doing more research and found a site you may like. www.ellisisland.org has some neat features. i married a man named schaaff so am doing research on that family name as well, have found his dad after 40 years of them not seeing each other, was a sweet reunion, im interested in where the rards came from before coming to america and what they did after they arrived,if anyone knows please contact me at earthwoman_1@yahoo.com ,thanks and best of luck to all....fleeta