Hi Charlie, hi listers, a few complements: > To the best of my knowledge these people were Protestants. > Oberseebach was a village with Catholics, Protestants and some > Jewish families. Hoffen was mostly Protestant. Oberseebach: 659 Cath., 16 Luth., 468 Ref. in 1791-92 834 Cath., 725 Prot., 86 Jews in 1905 (Source: J.P. Kintz, Paroisses et communes de France, Bas-Rhin, 1977) > I was told several years ago that the 19th century Protestant church > records have been move to the Protestant hierarchy in Strasbourg and > not to the Archives. That's right, Charlie. The parish registers, both Protestant and Catholic, established after the introduction of civil state in France (1792-1793) remain property of the churches. Only those prior to this date are kept in the Archives départementales. > FYI - Catholic ancestors coming from Oberseebach - my guess is that > I can provide one with an extensive amount of info on their ancestry > as well as church documents not otherwise available. > > Charlie Eienne