Hello, I might give it a try if you email it to me [email protected] as an attachment (jpg, tif, bmp etc.). I guess you refer to Baldersheim in the Ochsenfurter Gau? My Bergold are from the neighbour village of Burgerroth, and I have an Adam Thoma in Burgerroth (his daughter Eva born there in 1682). Maybe not the same person, but a related one. I do not have a wife's name for Adam. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Olson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BAVARIA] handwriting help I have been able to obtain a photocopy of a page from the family book from the parish of Baldersheim, Bavaria. But, I am having a difficult time decyphering the handwriting for the parents of the husband and wife listed. If anyone if familiar with the old style German handwriting and could give me a hand interpreting the names of these individuals, I would appreciate it. The husband is Johann Georg HOOS and his wife is Margaretha THOMA. I believe their respective fathers are Rudolf HOOS and Adam THOMA, but the names of the mothers are very difficult to read. It appears as if each of the mothers has the same first name. The wife's mother's surname is LANGER, but the husband's mother's surname is difficult to determine, although it appears to be DOTTELBACHER. I checked the IGI to see if that was a legitimate surname, but there isn't even anything close to it there. I have tried to attach the document to this e-mail, but it is too large for the list, so if anyone would ! like to try their hand at decyphering it, please let me know and I can send it directly to you. Thanks in advance! D. Olson ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html to unsubscribe