If they aren't at the FHC LDS in Salt Lake....... http://familysearch.org, then....... B C/B MD records are normally in the church before 1874-76. You would contact the church in Laudenbach am Main to start with. Napoleon influenced records-keeping when he was out rampaging across Europe, so some civil governments started records-keeping before 1874. Look up the addy for each Catholic church at http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm the only on with instructions. Detailed research instructions are at http://members.cox.net/hessen/hsstory.htm if you are just beginning your search. :-) Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ and Sally" <scott1@embarqmail.com> Hello Could anyone tell me where the records of my family could be located? Prior to @1840's they lived in Laudenbach au main, Then Simon Link( my great great grand father) married Anna Maria Hohn in Worth and then they live in Anna Maria;s town of Erlenbach au main