Hi Kathleen,

If there is a relation to my Knaus family, it would probably be some connection back in Germany, and I haven't seen any research on that yet. My Knaus ancestor (and his 3 brothers) came to America in the 1850-60s, from a small town named Harthausen auf der Scher, south of Stuttgart. I'm planning to go there at some point, but have been working on brick walls I've run into on some of my other German lines first. John Knouse seems to be the Knaus expert here in America - see his website "Knauss Family Genealogy" at http://www.jaknouse.athens.oh.us/genealogy/knauss.shtml; he had my Knaus family listed (Descendants of Clemens Knaus of Weld County Colorado), and he might very well know how yours fits in. I recently traded emails with John about DNA testing; if you still have male relations with last name Knaus, it would be possible to definitively prove linkage with any other Knaus family...

All the KROHNs in my family are from Prussia. They go back to Meyer Nathan KROHN son of Nathan Joseph KROHN (CROHN) who took on that surname in 1812 in Flatow, Wst Prussia.
You can find them from the indexes starting on this page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pnlowe/loewenhe.htm
Peter