List Members, I have been keeping myself busy going through about 10 films from LDS from Church Records of Oberkirch, Baden. I have copied many and had them transcribed and translated by German Historical Research Society Inc. These people do a fantastic job and I have learned much, much more about my German heritage than I have in the past 15 years. Now, I have another question for the list membership. I have noticed among the many death documents recorded by the church that never was a reason for death given or recorded. Did they just not record the cause of death or is there other records that would contain this information. The reason I ask this question poses another question. During the early 1800's the family had children born in 1812, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1819, 1821. The first three children immigrated to America with the father and mother. The last three children (boys) died between 1822 and 1828. All less than 10 years old. Was there some sort of disease within the country at that time that would have caused a higher than usual mortality rate among the young children? Could war have been a reason for death? I would like to hear from you as to your thought on this matter. Regards, Tony Fetz