Hey Vicky you are great and so are you in laws. I did some map looking and found a town of Mosbach and one of Oberscheffenz. Mosbach is south and east of Heidelberg and Oberscheffenz is due east of Heidelberg. Mosbach is a larger town than Oberscheffenz so maybe Mosbach is the district in Baden and Ogberscheffenz is the village my family came from. Now to prove that. again I say thank you to all for the help. This is a great family to be a part of. thanks again.. Billie Jane (Bauer) janemac@juno.com