Thanks Etienne, I appreciate your suggestions. I will pursue them after Christmas. Robert Carpenter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Herrbach" <etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:25 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] Need for a researcher Dear Robert, there is an association working of Anabaptist-Mennonite history : Association française d'histoire ANABAPTISTE ET MENNONITE 4, Grande Rue 70400 COUTHENANS Publications :Souvenance anabaptiste (annuel) thierry.huckel@wanadoo.fr For Sainte Marie aux Mines (in the valley so-called "Val d'Argent") : http://liepvre.pagesperso-orange.fr/html/genealogies.htm Merry Christmas to all listers Etienne Le 21 déc. 12 à 23:03, Robert Carpenter a écrit : > Dear list, > > I have been searching for my Zimmerman ancestors for some years. > They moved from Steffisburg in Switzerland to Alsace during the late > 1690's and early 1700's. Initially settling near Markirch, St Marie > aux Mines, they later moved to the Vosges area of Salm. > > I have searched many parish records with limited success because > these Zimmermans were Anabaptist and some were Amish with Jakob > Ammann. > > I am interested in working with a researcher in the area who may be > able to access civil and governmental records. > > I appreciate any suggestions from the list. > > Robert Carpenter -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message