Could anyone help me.  My mother, many years ago, said her family came from Alsace Lorraine.  The family name was Zarr.  I know there was a Parker Zarr that came from somewhere in Germany back in the 1800's.   Thank you. CHarlotte CHase

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Charlotte Chase <itsmecac@yahoo.com> wrote: > Could anyone help me. My mother, many years ago, said her family came from Alsace Lorraine. The family name was Zarr. I know there was a Parker Zarr that came from somewhere in Germany back in the 1800's. > > Thank you. > CHarlotte CHase Hi Charlotte. For all European research, you must have a village name, or at least a small region with a few villages, because that is where all the records are kept! There are few to no departement, county or region-wide censuses or other general surveys such as our US Census records. So, you must do your American or Canadian research, before trying to "jump the pond" back to Europe. I have a number of suggestions for ways to do that here: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/european-research.html That said, with a relatively rare name like Zarr, you might find some help here: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/surnames.html Finally, I have an introduction to research in the Alsace: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/alsace.html I hope these are helpful to you, Valorie -- All my pages: http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com