Dear Etienne and Rita, Thank you for pointing me to the German biographical and the English Wikipedia sources. I'll explore the latter first, then will move (with trepidation) to the German. Gloria, both of your suggestions were interesting, although each had a strike against him (and you can guess what they were). May I know from someone expert in handwriiting what the month would be for the birth of Geoffroi Goepp in Heiligenstein (Bah Rhin, Heiligenstein, TD, 1833-1842, 4 E 188/10), forgive me I don't have the pages, but it is with the births of all those Goepps. The months looks to be "ybu. Below another one (David Goepp) thy looks to be "gbre" so I this is what I see when I look down the page: "avril, janvier, aout, yby?, use?, mars, mai, idt? (idt?) gbre?, Aout,? mars, mars, Avril, and gbre?". Thank you in advance to anyone who can give a coup d'oeil. Best wishes, Lucy