In your latest email, you missed a generation of Pfeifers. You wrote Johann Heinrich Pfieier (b.1833) was the son of Johan Philipp Pfeifer (b.1757). Philipp Pfeifer (b 1757) did have a son Johann Heinrich with his second wife, Louisa, but that J. Heinrich was born in 1806, not 1833. Another problem is, Philipp Pfeifer died in 1817. Philipp Pfeifer (1757) had three sons by his FIRST wife, Maria Barbara Kräuter (1765), source: 1798 Wrbrg 41, and he had four sons by his second wife, Louisa (b.1780) 'source:(1834 Wrngbrg F55). When the four sons of Louisa (1780) married, they moved to another household. (source: Wrnbrg F161). The oldest of the four sons, Georg Heinrich Pfeifer (1801) had a son Johann Heinrich (b.1833). So the Georg Heinrich Pfeifer (b.1801) family is the missing generation in your recent email. If you are interested in following your family back to Germany, I looked up Herrnstein, Pfalz to find the familie's Parish churk. Those church records can follow your family back into the 1600's and sometimes the 1500's. Many of those church records were microfilmed by the Family History Library (LDS) and you can rent the microfilms through your local Family History Center (FHC). Kevan Hansen is working on a series of books listing German Parish Registers for all of the Germanic areas before Germany existed (still under Holy Roman Empire). He is up to Volum 33 of the 55 plus books of the series. This is a very informative series of books. I checked Vol 13 'Kingdom of Bavaria, Province of Pfalz but could not find Herrnstein. When our anacestors left for Russia (1766) it was right after the "Seven Years War" (1756-1763). Many boundaries changed by the end of that war (Treaty of Hubertusburg-Feb 1763) so I checked the nearby areas of Pfalz and found the village was now in the Grand duchy of Hessen which is very close to the north end of Pfalz. When a boundary changes some people are reluctant to accept it since it didn't matter to the farmers. That may be why Johann Pfeifer may have listed his village in Pfalz for the (OSL). I checked the Volume 1- Grand duchy of Hessen and found the village in Kreis (county or district) of Worms and the microfilm number is 1347393. If you are interested in Parish Registers for other areas, they are available from Family Roots Publishing Company at < www.GermanmapGuide.com >. Keep in touch. Jerry Goertzen