Karen You can order the microfilms containing the civil records of Artolsheim, for this time period, at your local family history center. Title - Registres de l'état civil, 1792-1882 - Artolsheim (Bas-Rhin). Language - French & German Tables décennales 1792-1862 - FHL INTL Film [ 727255 ] Naissances 1793-1828 - FHL INTL Film [ 727256 ] Naissances 1828-1862 - FHL INTL Film [ 727257 ] Mariages 1793-1862 - FHL INTL Film [ 727258 ] Décès 1793-1830 - FHL INTL Film [ 727259 ] Décès 1831-1862 - FHL INTL Film [ 727260 ] Publications de mariage 1793-1840 - FHL INTL Film [ 727261 ] Naissances, mariages, décès 1863-1872 - FHL INTL Film [ 1144327 Item 1 ] Naissances, mariages, décès 1873-1882 - FHL INTL Film [ 1706389 Items 1-2 ] If you are not aware of the location for your nearest Family History Center check here to locate it. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Efraalsac/alsaceaz/geninfoeng.htm>You may also wish to view some photos of Artolsheim at "Google Images". http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Artolsheim&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2 <http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Artolsheim&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2> You mention that they went to the U.S. to avoid military duty. You can read a summary of the *Franco-Prussian War *here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War <http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Artolsheim&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2> Here is some additional information regarding Artolsheim. It is from "The Communities of Alsace A-Z", located at _http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraalsac/alsaceaz/geninfoeng.htm_ <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp> Artolsheim * Département: Bas-Rhin * Arrondissement: Sélestat-Erstein <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Efraalsac/alsaceaz/admin.htm#arrselestat-erstein> * Canton: Marckolsheim <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Efraalsac/alsaceaz/admin.htm#canmarckolsheim> Population: * 1790: 600 * 1851: 916 * 1905: 891 * 1936: 696 * 1990: 643 Religious composition in 1807: * Catholic: 100% * Lutheran: * Calvinist: * Anabaptist: * Jewish: Miscellaneous: * City Hall: Mairie, 148 rue Principale, 67390 Artolsheim * Bibliography: /Richtolsheim, Artolsheim: histoire sans histoires!/, by Marcel Imbs (Colmar: Éditions d'Alsace, 1991) * Web resources: Alsace, with over 1350 organs, has been characterized as the world capital of the organ. A site devoted to this topic, A la découverte de l'orgue - orgues d'Alsace <http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eisenberg/orgues/artolshe.htm>, includes a description of the organ in Artolsheim.