Ah ha! Thank you very much for your input.   I wonder how large a town Hellimer was. Small enough that a teacher and a tanner would be friends, witnesses for each other's live events?    Relatively speaking, Laura Do we have ancestors in common? Check here http://livinginthepastlane.com From: Etienne Herrbach <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:20 PM >Subject: Re: [A-L] Help with an 1814 death record please > > >Le 23 juin 11 à 21:14, [email protected] a écrit : > >> The Jacob you are trying to read is Jacob Sadler. His occupation is >> J[us]t[e]tuleur? > >INSTITUTEUR : school teacher. > > >Etienne