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