You say the article says "near Mulhausen", but you list a source which by it's name appears to be a German speaking paper. Is the obituary in English or German? Does it say "near" or "bei"? If it says "bei" what is the word before it. It could be the name of the actual town, and the "bei Mulhausen" is merely tacked on to the end of the actual town name, to distinguish it from other possible towns with the same name. Just a guess. As Robert notes, if you don't have the actual town you could be in for a bit of hunting. I have a few situations that require such searching, and a good 100 or more towns to look through, as the family was moving about quite a bit during the French Revolution period. A project for my old age, perhaps. HTH, Brian On Tue, September 11, 2012 2:36 pm, Helen Lehman wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I seek someadvice about where to look for records? My husband’s ancestor > Celestine/Colestin ZINCK/ZINK was born 06 April1821 “near Muhlhausen in > Alsace”, according to his obituary in the Gedenk-Blatter,Dayton [Ohio, > USA] German newspaper of memorial obituaries. Weknow he came to the USA > in about 1844, also in his obit. He married Regina Rachel Lehman(n) > at Emmanuel Catholic Church in Dayton on 28 June 1847. His father was > Joseph Zinck- born abt. 1780,died 10 June 1865 in Montgomery County (near > Dayton). I believe his mother was Terressa – born1784, died 02 Nov 1853 > in Dayton. Iknow, from his father’s last will and testament, that he had > two brothers;Anton 1810-1889 and Joseph 1820-1855. Both brothers died in > Dayton or the area. The whole family are of the Roman Catholic religion, > at least after they came here. > > ...