Carol, You might have better luck just ordering a film at your local Family History Center and search there once your film arrives. In the past I have had more success in looking at the Taufen records, and not much luck with the Familienbuchs. If 1870 is the timeframe the use a Taufen register that includes that period. Some have indexes amongst the pages. For me, I just look to find records before or after known dates and search page by page looking for your family surname. The following link will show individual films available. You will need to login to FamilySearch.org to view the available books and order the one you are interested in. https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/226907?availability=Family%20History%20Library Good luck! Tom On Saturday, March 1, 2014, Carol Hornung <chornung@comcast.net> wrote: > I have found references to Familienbuchs in the Eschelbach (A. Sinsheim) > church records for several directly-related families, especially around the > 1870s. Some of the references are F.B. 128, 215, 170 and 70. > > > > I know basically what these Family Books are, but not how to locate them. > Nothing available through LDS. > > > > This was something compiled by the church, correct? So where would I find > someone with access to this old book - the archives in Sinsheim? in the > Eschelbach Rathaus? The local Eschelbach church? > > > > Any suggestions gratefully appreciated. Thanks! ~Carol > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Carol Hornung - Michigan, USA > <mailto:chornung@comcast.net <javascript:;>> chornung@comcast.net<javascript:;> > > Researching HORNUNG (Lindemann, Hendel, Eichman), BENDER (Herzel, Merkel, > Kindler), > MANGES (Zuefle, Mertz, Scheuerle, Steffenhagen, Denz, Bommer, Goebel, Heil, > Wagoner), > and FREDERICKS (Mund, Spaulding) primarily in Germany and Western New York > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com <javascript:;> with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >