Donna, These links should give you a start for now: BAVARIA GERMANY http://www.rootsweb.com/~deubay/ German Genealogy Translation Service http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/abt/translation.html German Letter Writing Guide http://www.familysearch.org/sg/LGGerman.html German Genealogy Web site: Form Letters http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/muster.html I also went to High School in Germany wit a Fraunholz (you will find various spelling), that family lived in the Nuernberg Area of Bavaria. You can also check the German phone book for any Surnames you are Searching still living there: http://www.teldir.com/de/ Good Luck, Scarlett