Frank and Gloria Thank you. I think you found Franckendall. Oberkischif was probably a very small village linked to Franckendall. Curt -------------- Original message -------------- From: Gloria Ishida <gfb-ishida@gol.com> > Curt, > > It looks to me that Franckendall is now called Frankenthal (Pfalz- > there are other Frankenthals in Germany), which is about 5-6 miles from > Worms. As per Wikipedia, the ruins of the Augustinian Monastery you > noted is in the center of town. > > Gloria I > On 4 7, 2008, at 8:29 AM, curtw@comcast.net wrote: > > > According to the marriage certificate of my third great grandparents, > > Jacques Schwertzler and Marianne Schwartz, Marianne was born 2 October > > 1793 in Oberkischif near Franckendall. I have not been able to find a > > village named Oberkischif or Franckendall. > > > > Today I decided to Google Franckendall which resulted in a number of > > hits. Franckendall was a monastery built about 1119 by Eckenbertus > > Kemerer, a rich gentleman of the city of Wormes. The person who wrote > > this account was traveling from Spira to Wormes. From Spira it was > > twelve miles to Franckendall and then five miles to Wormes. > > > > I still am having no luck finding Franckendall and am looking for any > > suggestions. > > > > I found this information on page 399 of > > Coryat's Crudities: Reprinted from the Edition of 1611 > > This book can be found on Google Books. > > > > Curt Miller > > > > -- > > 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 > > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > 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 > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message