Both of these town can be found using the Jewish Shtetlseeker at http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm Just place town name and indicate Germany as the country and click to start search. Onviously, one at a time. You will be given a list of possibilities. Click on the coordinates of the town you want. You will be taken to Mapquest and then you can identify the red star which is the location of the town. Hope this helps, Mary Ann > Can someone tell me where Birkenhoerdt and Bollenborn are? The geoserver > told me that Birkenhoerdt is in the Pfalz, Bavaria, and my later ancestor > said he was b. in Bavaria. I guess what I'm asking is, what large city is > Birkenhoerdt near? > > The geoserver did not find a Bollenborn. Bollenborn is where the > ancestor above married his wife. Bollenborn is also supposed to be in > the Pfalz, Bavaria. Anyone know where this place was? > > The two persons in questions are Francis BOLLINGER, b. 1790, and > Elisabeth KLEM, chr 1794; they were married 1813. > > Was Francis a common pre-name (like Johann) in Bavaria at the time? > And was Francis a shortened version on Franciscus? Francis all by itself > seems so English to me. > > Jane in AZ > thaia@goodnet.com --- Mary Ann Allen wallen@pipeline.com The Gathering Place http://sites.netscape.net/murrallen/homepage