re Karel: are these community chronicles, where they exist for the 19th century, likely to contain information on persons emigrating to America and through which departure points? What is the type of information they contain? Thank you...djm in Ann Arbor ------------------------------- Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>> Veery unlikely.. They were written by refugees of 1945 to document their memories of their home areas after the ethnic cleansing, mostly 20th century stuff. -- *************** Adalbert Goertz ****** ph 717-762-7378 ******** retired in Waynesboro PA (65 miles from Baltimore/Washington DC Mennonite genealogy of East and West Prussia prior to 1945. Wanted: house in Colorado/New Mexico/Arizona for two retirees