In a message dated 3/8/2000 1:22:14 AM EST, Patricia Jones writes: > Could someone please tell me if the above named town is still in > existence? In 1854, I believe it was located in Pfalz, Bavaria. Was this > area ever a part of Alsace-Lorraine? If it still exists, could someone > please tell me where it is, or, if not, where it was? Please excuse my > ignorance of German geography. Thank you for any help. Pat Pat, My RV Autoatlas shows a Herschweiler-Pettersheim 66909 KUS and I see it on the detailed map. The numbers refer to the postal code (I think), but I'm not sure what the KUS refers to. And it does appear to be in the Pfalz/Palatinate. And if I'm not mistaken, the Pfalz would not now be part of Bavaria, although lands now in the Pfalz region could have been part of Bavaria at one time. My Schifferstadt ancestors also came from the Pfalz, between Ludwigshafen and Speyer. The old church records show Schifferstadt/Bayern (Bavaria). Note that I show a double 'T' in Pettersheim. I see on the map that the villages are separated by a couple of kilometers. Homburg is due south about 18 km and Zweibrueken (umlauted u) is about 25 km south. You will need a detailed map to see the villages, as they look pretty small. Hope this helps! Bob Wambach, researching ISSELHARD.....ROMEIS...... SCHWAGER.....and many other names.