Hi Rita,
Sorry to hear about your husband, hopefully you are coming to terms with it a bit more. I agree, we must find out about the village in Germany where John came from, and its one of my main objectives in researching family history as well.
The only thing i've really found out in connection with this is that most of the Ulrichs in Germany came from Nuremburg so maybe there might be something there. Of course John might have come from somewhere else in Germany. When I find out I'd like to go over and see where the village was.
I'm back in Ayrshire just now, it'd be good to get a copy of your Ulrich family tree if you can get one.
Cheers,
Warren