This is a project to provide resources for the entire Knieriem/Meilink/Meng and  Poitevin/Ziebarth/Abbott family tree. It updates the "Abbotts of the West" by Rev.  Asa Appleton Abbott and corrects many of the serious errors made in that publication.  Furthermore, with the invaluable help of countless fellow researchers, this work  attempts to put living members of the extended family in touch with their ancestral  roots.

If you are a descendant of the immigrant and you do not find your family here, please  let me know. We would be honored to add your family to the tree.

I want to thank my mom's cousin, Franklin Knieriem, who has sent me so much  information over the past yearz about my mom's side of the family. All I can say is  that I may have to give up my job as a tax attorney to keep up with all the  information that he sends me.  In his honor I have changed the title of the tree to  include Knieriem.  Hope he likes it.