  A systematic study of "lifted" Gepner models is presented. Lifted Gepner
models are obtained from standard Gepner models by replacing one of the N=2
building blocks and the $E_8$ factor by a modular isomorphic $N=0$ model on the
bosonic side of the heterotic string. The main result is that after this change
three family models occur abundantly, in sharp contrast to ordinary Gepner
models. In particular, more than 250 new and unrelated moduli spaces of three
family models are identified. We discuss the occurrence of fractionally charged
particles in these spectra.
