Meditations and musings while I pick away at my family history. Of primary interest are the surnames FELD, BRINK, HOLTSCHLAG, WINKING, Meinken, Broering (Bröring), Siebers, Hessing, Luegering (Lügering), Schepers, Bruening (Brüning), Schonhoff (Schönhoff), Heuer, Wielage, Schröer, Geling, Bödder, Roters, Duvaleus/Duwelius/Dewelius, Schmeing, Vögeding/Vageding, Wilgenbusch, Peerenbaum, and Kappenhagen; and the regions of Quincy (Ill.), St. Louis (Mo.), and the German districts of Cleve/Kleve (NR-W), Borken (NR-W), Langen (Lower Saxony) and the Münsterland region.