Dear All, I am not familiar with ordering films from the FHC, is that what you mean when you say to order films? How do you order films from them? I forgot to mention that Robert Winter was a basketmaker/basketweaver. Is that a typical occupation for this area or is it something that maybe only a few people did? Will knowing this help me identify if this family you found is the correct one? I'd really like to identify this family to know if these are the right ones or not, but I just need a little help knowing how to do this. Please share with me how to do it. Thanks, LC >There are no filmed records for Rheinmuenster which is a little surprising because Muenster refers to a large church building. However, looking on the map, Rheinmuenster is almost on top of Schwarzach so I would start by looking at its films. It may well be that Schwarzach residents were the very people the Rheinmuenster church was built to serve. The film's contents look like they cover all the villages around Rheinmuenster viz. "The Parish register of Schwarzach and vicinity, Hildmannsfeld, Ulm, Greffern, Moos, Leiberstung, Unzhurst, Stollhofen and Vimbuch" >So, I would start with: Title Kirchenbuch, 1613-1889 Authors Katholische Kirche Schwarzach (A. Bühl) (Main Author) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1830-1889 FHL INTL Film 999043 >Look for the birth of Robert junior in 1856 and see the names of his parents. Mother's name might be listed as Creszentia, Louisa, Creszentia Louisa, or Louisa Creszentia. Then look for marriage of the couple and then birth of Creszentia BRUDER. You'll have to order a different film for Robert senior's birth/christenning. Robert senior will also have two given names so his name on the birth and marriage entries might be Josef Robert WINTER or Robert Josef WINTER or one or the other first given names alone. (Note Josef is only an example). >So, maybe this is your lucky day. Good luck for the future too, Paul +++++++++++++++++++ >From: L C <aeesni@yahoo.com> Reply-To: aeesni@yahoo.com, baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG@rootsweb.com Subject: [BW] Robert WINTER immigrated from Baden, Germany Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:57:50 -0700 (PDT) >I would like to find out more about my 3rd great grandfather, Robert WINTER b. 1826 in Germany. The census records all state he immigrated from Baden, Germany. He was married to a Louisa b. Bet. 1836 - 1837 (maiden name unknown) before 1857 as the first child was born by then. Their first child, also named Robert was b. 1857. All 3 immigrated to America and show up in Cook Co. Illinois for the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census. If anyone knows of what records I should search or knows about the family, please let me know what to do. I am quite good at researching in America, but overseas I dont know what I'm doing. Thanks for any help, LC