Hi Joan, have you tried to find the marriage record in Grosskarlbach? Usually those are better for research and the parents should be mentioned on it and also where they came from. Birth records can be misleading because over 50% of the children never made it into adulthood, so if you find a birth record it is not really proof that you have your ancestor unless you have the marriage record as well and the parents on both match. I wish you success, take care, Suzie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Chaffin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:39 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] Name of Town? > Hi, My ancestor was George Freyschlag. He was born in 1785 in > Sandhoffenfahrt. He was married about 1810 in Grosskarlbach. In 1821 he > moved his family to Mannheim "to further their education". > I spent three days in Salt Lake City at the family history library > searching for Sandhoffenfahrt. I read the records for Sandhoffen and did > not find the Freyschlag name. The three German ladies that helped me were > stumped as to where George was born. They read the name of the town on > several different documents that I own and they used every Atlas that they > had. I spent three days reading film. Nothing. I do not know the names of > the parents of George or the names of any of his siblings. > I would appreciate any help. If anyone can tell me what the heck > George was referring to when he repeatedly used the term Sandhoffenfahrt as > his place of birth? > Thank you, Joan > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html > to unsubscribe > >