Well, reading between the lines, and doing some more searching, here's the web site: http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/category.php?cat=4 and his name is Kevan Hansen. There are eight hardcover map guides priced at $63.70 each, and some soft cover guides (some are the same as the hard cover) priced at $34.25. If you go to the web site, and click on the guide name, a detailed description page is displayed which gives a list of all place names covered in the volume. Familyroots.com doesn't sell anything like this. Gary Martens On 3/15/2011 6:53 PM, Jerry and Fran Goertzen wrote: > < [email protected] > Hanson is the publisher > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Martens" > <[email protected]> > To: "Jerry and Fran Goertzen" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:18 PM > Subject: Re: [GV] German Parish Records re: Reformed > > > > Where are these German Map Guides by Kevin Hansen ??? > > I see these for Hannover: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=8413 > > Gary Martens > > > On 3/13/2011 8:13 PM, Jerry and Fran Goertzen wrote: >> Neil; >> The German Map Guides of Kevin Hansen are very complete. If you were >> told that they do not contain "Reformed Church" records, you were >> misinformed. It would seem likely the person to say that hadn't >> really looked in the books in depth. >> The two predominate religions in the Germanic areas were Catholic and >> Lutheran, so the books were designed to cover the parish maps and >> villages of those two religions. In each area there was a scattering >> of other religious churches but not enough to make up separate parish >> maps, but Hansen did include the parish records for each religion in >> each area. The "Reformed Church" was probably the third largest but >> they had split into different denominations. I have found Dutch >> Reformed, French Reformed, German Reformed and Walloon Reformed in >> many of his books. Most of the reformed "reformed" mentioned in the >> Russian records were German reformed. Hansen also included Mennonite >> and Jewish parishes when he found them. They are all listed in the >> "Other Churches chapter" of each book. The Hessen book Vol I, has a >> few French Reformed but there are 38 German Reformed churches listed >> with their microfilm numbers. Three of these churches are in Kreis >> Büdingen. Once you find your village, you can check the film of the >> nearest Reformed church. >> As far as finding a reliable researcher in Germany, I wouldn't know >> since I have never used one. I'm still searching for my Isenburg >> village. Maybe some of the other Ger-Volga readers can recommend a >> reliable one. Jerry >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >