Walter... I searched for Latour on http://www.geopatronyme.com/ and found that there were Latour's living in Baase Ham, Moselle, between 1891-1915. Baase Ham is not that far from Blieskastel, so I thought it was worth mentioning. Good Luck Steve From: Walter Van Latture <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:05 PM Subject: [A-L] Latour Looking for Thomas Latour born c. 1655 and died in Hassloch (Haßloch) Germany in 1723.  He is listed as "living temporarily in Blieskastel" in 1696.  Someone wrote in a post this week that "many families in Alsace and Lorraine moved to the Pfalz following the Thirty Years War".  Thomas had a son named Johann who was born in Blieskastel in 1696 and a son named Hermann who was born about 1700.  Hermann's name was spelled  LaTur several times in the German records, I presume to preserve the pronunciation. I'm interested in Thomas Latour's birthplace and any relatives.  I send this about every three years.  Hope all of you are well.  This is a great list. Van Latture Franklin, TN USA -- 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message