Bill -- > My Brunswick ancestor, Daniel Engelcke, is listed in von Riedesel's Order > Book as 5 Zoll and 0 Strich. Does this mean that he was 5'5" tall (as > I've thought)? Converting to the modern American/English system, he would be 5' 7" tall. 1 inch = 2.54 cm; 1 Zoll = 2.62 cm; therefore, the conversion factor = 2.62/2.54 = 1.0315 5 Fuß 5 Zoll 0 Strich = 65.0 Zoll (x 1.0315 inches per Zoll) = 67.0475 inches.= 5 feet 7.0475 inches. Bob Brooks