Hi Marilyn, You are one of the fortunate researchers having the name of a village. This website will give you a couple of answers. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraalsac/alsaceaz/alsacec.htm#cosswiller Next go to http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp and then to Search records (top left) and to Library catalog on the drop down menu. When that site comes up click on Place Search and enter the name of your village. It will bring up the available films for Cosswiller. Always click on VIEW FILM NOTES in the top right hand corner. Church documents for the Protestant church - all written in German. Since Cosswiller was mainly Protestant and if your family was Catholic you might want to check a map to see where the next village is located. That might be the church where your ancestors attended services. Note Location Film Taufen, 1712-1738 -- Heiraten, 1712-1731 -- Tote, 1712-1738 FHL INTL Film 757356; Civil records: Tables décennales 1793-1862 Naissances 1793-1862 FHL INTL Film 757357 Mariages 1793-1871 FHL INTL Film 757358 Décès 1793-1862 FHL INTL Film 757359 Tables décennales 1863-1872 FHL INTL Film 1761948 Item 14 Naissances, mariages, décès 1870-1872 FHL INTL Film 1144364 Item 1 Naissances, décès 1863-1869 FHL INTL Film 1761433 Item 7 Naissances, mariages, décès 1873-1882 FHL INTL Film 1713089 Item 3 You can determine where there's a Family History Center near you and go there to order the films you need. Guess on languages is: 1793-1806 and 1871-1882 will be in German and the other documents 1806-1871 will be written in French. You can also do others searches at LDS site. If you need any additional information please contact me directly. Good Luck Charlie csherida@tampabay.rr.com