Thank you for such wonderful information! I am e-mailing some of my contacts and asking them if possibly this might help me in my search for ancestors. I am researching ROTHEMUND, FRIESL, KIRCHNER, KOLB, and GUNKEL for now. Rudy > At 10:48 16.12.99 -0800, you wrote: > ------------------------- > > Hi, > > > > Many (maybe even many, many) months ago I came across > > a reference to a resource that was roughly translated > > into "family books". I understand that these are > > available at many archives, and essentially are > > pedigrees of given families, often going back > > centuries. I believe that they were produced by parish > > priests. > > > > What I need to know is the actualy German name for > > these resources. So, if anyone out there knows what I > > am talking about, and knows the correct name, would > > you please email same to me, directly, at > > franalm@yahoo.com > > Could be the "Ortssippenbücher". They were often compiled by priests. > However, I never saw one and know only roughly what they are. As far as I > understand, they contain basically the same info like the "normal" church > books, but the info in this "Ortssippenbücher" is sorted by family. > > If anybody had better info: pls. correct me. > Hope that helps a bit > Stefan > > ______________________________ slider@valkyrie.net ICQ UIN: 16940151 AOL IM: rrothemund HOMEPAGE: http://www.valkyrie.net/~slider