Dora, There is no central database in old Germany. The first thing you will need to find the Christening record (birth records (civil) were not started in the Würtemberg region until 1875) is the exact village name. You will have to search every record in the area where they lived and you may find it. View my video on doing research in Germany - tinyurl.com/5twb3y6 BTW: another piece of information you will need is the family religion. Johanna, Joana, and Hanna are the same name. Susanna was a common name in Germany. In fact, with a name like Johanna Susanna, she was most likely called Susanna in her family. The German culture used Christian name - rufname instead of first name - middle name. They were usually known in their family by their rufname. They kept excellent records all over old Germany, but it is only the upper Rhine (south) that they are readily available to us. In the other regions they are less available, but still exist. These records are available on microfilm and may be rented at your local LDS Family History Center. About 10% have been indexed and are available online at FamilySearch. Few digitized records are available online. At 02:01 AM 9/29/2013, you wrote: >From: "Dora Smith" <villandra@gmail.com> >Subject: [BW] Fw: How might I find this birth record? > >Johanna Susanna Weiser/ Wiser was born, >according to her gravestone, 30 Apr 1809, in >Germany. She married Jacob Weiss/ Wise between >1832 and 1838, and subsequently they lived in >Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He >also formerly lived there, as his daughter by >his first marriage was born there according to her death certificate. > >She was also known as Joana Susanna, and her husband called her Hannah. > >I?m trying to figure out how her middle name >could have been Susanna if she was born in >Germany, but I?m told it?s not impossible. > >Jacob and Johanna owned five adjacent village >plots of land on the railroad track in downtown >Highspire, and there were two small wooden frame >houses on this land. In the 1870 census, their >next door neighbors were their daughter Regina >E., her husband, Peter Day, and their son >Charles. I?m figuring the Day family lived in >the other small wood frame house. The census >tells us that Jacob and Johanna were both born >in Pennsylvania, Regina and Charles were born in >Pennsylvania, but Peter Day was born in >Wurttemberg. Actually, Jacob Weiss was born in >Switzerland, Johanna was born in Germany, and >Peter, Regina and Charles were all born in >Pennsylvania. Peter was of English stock and >didn?t even have ancestors from >Wurttemburg. Since Wurttemburg is in Germany, >not in Pennsylvania and not in Switzerland, I >tend to suspect that Johanna was from >Wurttemberg, and the census enumerator was scrambled. > >I understand that the ministers of Wurttemberg >kept excellent records. On the lower Rhine, >German ministers in fact kept excellent records >hundreds of years before this. But where are >the records kept? Is there any central >database or index I could use if I know >someone?s name, their exact date of birth, and I >know they are from Wurttemburg? > >Ancestry and Family Search aren?t being much help. > >Thanks! > >Yours, >Dora Smith ____________________________________________________________ Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/52482d7460e9a2d732a54st04vuc