Sharon, No, the Archives Départementales in Colmar would only have materials related to Haut-Rhin.  The archives for Bas-Rhin are in Strasbourg.  I've been to the Strasbourg archives once, but most of my research is concentrated on southern Alsace so I keep going back to Colmar. Robert -Original Message----- From: Sharon Centanne <centans@tampabay.rr.com> To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:09 am Subject: Re: [A-L] If you want a postcard from Alsace ... Dear Robert, Does the Colmar archives contain any records from Bas-Rhin or only from aut Rhin? My families are from uttersholtz and Baldenheim and Sundhausen, which are all just north of olmar in Bas-Rhin. couple families are from Haut Rhin. I will send you the town names if can find them. Thank you! haron Centanne RobtBehra@aol.com wrote: >I'm going to be spending four weeks in France (last week of March, first three weeks in April) and I would be happy to send a postcard to anyone with ancestors from the following towns in the valleys of the Thur and Doller rivers n the département du Haut-Rhin: Altenbach Bitschwiller-lès-Thann Bourbach-le-Bas Bourbach-le-Haut Dolleren Fellering Geishouse Goldbach Husseren-Wesserling Kirchberg Kruth Lauw Malmerspach Masevaux Mitzach Mollau Moosch Niederbruck Oberbruck Oderen Rammersmatt Ranspach Rimbach-près-Masevaux Roderen Saint-Amarin Sewen Sickert Storckensohn Thann Urbès Wegscheid Wildenstein Willer-sur-Thur That presumes, of course, that I can find a postcard for each of these towns. I hope to set foot in each place and will do my best to get images one way or another. I'm taking a digital camera, but I am not a very good photographer so the views from postcards are likely to be better. And with so uch available online, interest in postcards may be rather low. Still, if you are interested send me your name and mailing address privately (please don't reply o the list) along with the town(s) you are interested in. I plan to send the postcards in envelopes, so you'll get one that is unmarked and undamaged by postal machinery. The first half of my trip will be in the company of my brother and our uncle and aunt, just visiting relatives and seeing the areas where many of our ancestors lived. The second half of the trip I intend to get two weeks of intensive research done at the Archives Départementales in Colmar. I'm not aking commissions for research -- too much I hope to get accomplished just for myself. I'm sure to be shopping for books, too, both new and used. Shopping >online is very convenient, but there is no substitute for being able to thumb through a book to determine whether it is worth buying. Robert Behra ************** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) - esources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: ttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message