Celia Mitschelen wrote: > > Hi Cheryl, > > I have an 1823 dictionary, I know that is a century later than your > problem but it is at least a century closer to it than modern ones. > I can find no use of Fischer other than in connection with fish and > fishing. > > You have had enough experience to know that you should have included > the name of the town and area involved. Someone might know > something that does not show up on average modern maps. Often, though, Celia, when I put in specifics, people who don't know that particular place leave it to someone who does and evidently there isn't anyone who does. (g) In any event, there isn't one place, it's a series of places that sort of sift, time-wise, south from Westenbrugge to Neu Kloster, one entry here, one there, another somewhere else. There are three lakes in/near parish entries, but not near the parish where this one shows as a fisherman. :( Cheryl singhals@erols.com