Trudy, in my abstract about the Raumberger story there is a chapter about the social status of millers as well as some literature about mills and millers in Germany of 18th century. You will find this full text as well as the list of books in my home page. Yours sincerely, Reinhard Hofer Hans-Resch-Str. 6 94099 Ruhstorf Germany Online list of emigrants from Bavaria with ca. 7000 names. See my list at: www.emigration-research.de.vu Research on site in archives in Passau, Würzburg and Regensburg