Robert and Bert, Yes, those three villages are near each other. Ettlingen is a suburb of Karlsruhe. Malsch is about 4 miles SW of Ettlingen and Kuppenheim is another 4 miles SW of Malsch. All are about 6-7 miles east of the Rhein River. Craig > From: RValois368@aol.com > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 19:28:54 -0500 > To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BW] Surname KASTNER > > The Newark, NJ folks seem to have originated in Malsch, Ettlingen, Baden. > That may be nearby. I do not know the proximity. > > Robert A. Valois > > > In a message dated 3/6/2014 5:24:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > JandB178@aol.com writes: > > Robert, > The Kastner surname in Rochester, NY seems to all originate from > Kuppenheim, Baden. > > The RCIP just released the first grouping of baptisms from Holy Redeemer > Catholic Church. This church had a heavy concentration of families from > towns in the Rastatt Kreis. > > Bert Balt > Rochester Churches Indexing Project > _www.rcip.info_ (http://www.rcip.info) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message