Dear Listers, As a result of several kind people's suggestions in the past few days, I pursued my search of Adam Sebastian of Bavaria and Louisville, KY to 1) a German Genealogical library in LaVerne, CA, and then 2) to NARA on the Internet. The response of both was in effect, "YOLJ" or "You Outta Luck, Jack." I believe my best opportunity for finding the right village in Bavaria is to get my hands on the 1851 census for Bavaria. But I do not have any idea what village to look at. Adam would have been 21 at the time. Sebastian is a rare surname for Germans. It is common as a first name and a middle name. For instance Johann Sebastian Bach, the musician, and I share the same middle name. But he had more talent, producing 16 children to my 2. Tom the bewildered