I am please to inform you that the Index of German/Austrian Nobility can now be searched online: http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/sgi/index.htm The surnames, referenced in more than 100 volumes of "Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels", published by the Starke Verlag, have been indexed using Surname Helper and can now be searched via: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp-bin/srchsite.pl?site=WGAUTSGI If a match is found, you are shown details (title, year of publication, reference no., availability) of the publication in which the surnames are referenced. Since many surnames are multi-word surnames, a cross-reference list (e.g. BUTTENHEIM see SEEFRIED AUF B.) has also been indexed. I hope that this will be a contribution to your research efforts in German language countries. I plan to extend and improve this draft application in due course and would appreciate your comments and suggestions. -- Charles Wardell A-2073 Schrattenthal 3 Tel/Fax: +43 (2946) 8325 GSM: +43 (664) 307-5815 email: [email protected] (MSN: cwardell COMPUSERVE: wardell) http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/ for Austrian Genealogy and http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/agsfrm.htm for Austria Mailing List