Hello Janet, Rollfeld is in the Spessart mountain range. It's actually spelled Röllfeld (with an oe-Umlaut). The town of Röllfeld seems to be quite small. I've seen gedcom-files that list ZENGEL in Grossostheim and Elsenfeld (which are both not far away), the name could be in many other of the villages there as well. The catholic church records of Röllfeld are available at the Dioesezanarchiv in Würzburg. Here's their English language page with the information you need to do family research (incl. opening hours): http://www.kirchenserver.net/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/information/sgv/dioezesanarchiv/english/index.html When I went there during the week, only about half of the seats were taken. They have very good equipment. The archives are open to the general public, but their assets are not to leave the reading room. There's one person from the staff on duty. This person sits in a little cubicle and you walk up and ask for the town you are interested in. You are then provided with the microfiches that you can look through at one of the seats. (There's some small fee.) I am not sure how good the staff understand English. They will not help you in reading or deciphering anything. You should be able to read old German handwritings. Also, it's good to have some notion of Church latin, as the entries are very likely not in German. It's very likely that you will look at the latin version of the first names, e.g. Henricus (for Heinrich = Henry). No photographs are allowed, but there's a printer at some of the reading stations. (75 eurocent/copy) Time flies in the archives, so come early and well prepared. Also, Würzburg is a very famous and popular tourist town. By all means go and see the Palace (Residenz) and the castle. The area is renowned for its wine, too. http://www.wuerzburg.de/system/international/englisch/congress/sights/ Regards Stefan
Addendum - Röllfeld is part of the city of KLINGENBERG nowadays, see http://www.klingenberg-main.de/stadtinfo/engl_info.htm They have some files on the history of RÖLLFELD and the parish at http://www.klingenberg-main.de/geschichte/geschichte_ueberblick.htm (You'll probably need to translate them.) Regards Stefan