Mary: I'd like to recommend: "If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records" by Edna Bentz. My mother and I both use this book. I've seen it offered for sale at a couple of genealogical websites, but we got our copies at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0961542004/qid=948121741/sr=1-6/002-5480620-5415434. After a couple of dozen pages of church records, it does get easier to read. :~} Kathleen Schilling kschilli@hotmail.com Researching: SCHILLING, WEIGAND, WEIHL, HOELZER, LESCHIER, DAUT, SPAETH, SOHMERS, McGUIRE, BOYLE ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com