Congratulations, Ty -- you have the KEY; you have the village / commune name. A search for Valmont in the Family History Library Catalog yields both church and civil records, but this set of films looks like the best place to start: Title Registres de l'état civil de Valmont (Moselle), 1792-1892 Authors Valmont (Moselle). Officier de l'état civil (Main Author) Note Location Film Naissances, publications de mariage, mariages, décès 1792-1838 FHL INTL Film 2005037 Items 2-4 Naissances, publications de mariage, mariages, décès 1839-1889 FHL INTL Film 2005038 Naissances, publications de mariage, mariages, décès 1890-1892 VAULT INTL Film 2005039 Item 1 Since this is a vault film, you would only be able to consult it at the LDS Library in Salt Lake City, by previous arrangement. However, since it covers the same time-period as the 2005038 filming, presumably you will not need it.) To learn how to search the FHL Catalog yourself, see: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/make-family-history-library-catalog.html If you have not ordered FHL films before, see: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/your-local-family-history-center.html All the best, Valorie On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:24 AM, <bjgtgg@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Looking for info (parents etc.) on Dominique Grosdidier (b. about 1799 in France Department of Moselle at Valmont and died abt 1874 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN). Dominique was married to Gabriella Grard (b. abt 1817 in France and died abt 1880 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN. Dominique, wife Gabrielle and daughter Honare (Honorine) Grosdidier arrivied 6-16-1851 in New Orlean on the ship CARACK. ::snip:: -- Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=507013560 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/valoriez MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/valoriez Genealogy Blog: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/ All my pages: http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com