Carolyn, You have many entries in the Search area for the surname Schaub. I realize that you have the approximate area but not the exact correct town as yet. You are trying to find a Georg Schaub born in 1821 and his sister Maria Antonia Schaub born in 1827. A vague memory suggests that I have told in the past to eliminate Önsbach and Großweier in your search. The Familienbuch for Önsbach lists only a Katharina Schaub who had a child baptized there in 1807. (She and her husband Josef Hutt appear to have been transients.) The Ortsfamilienbuch for Großweier identifies only a Franz Josef Schaub born in 1730 in Altschweier. (He married a woman from Großweier.) But, after these two eliminations for you, I wonder about other such books for other towns of the Ortenau. I know that some other members of this List do own such books for their towns of interest. I wonder if they could check their books for the Schaub surname. There would be three possibilities; more towns to eliminate for you, a hint that some towns had fair populations of Schaub family members or the third, a miracle, that Georg or Maria Antonia might be listed in one of those books. If those on this List with such books could check for Carolyn, it could be an excellent gesture. djweber [email protected]