I'm sure the village is the same one. I will explain why later. I have researched the Spomer brothers, Johann Peter and Johann Heinrich from their marriage, 10 Mar 1766 the Evangelicalische Kirche in Büdingen, on down through Russia. From which brother's line are you descended? The FSL from Beideck hasn't been found and I couldn't find them in the Kuhlberg List so, I cannot verify their origin. The best choice would be the church Parish records for Schierstein. Not all villages had a church so you will have to find the church Parish that the Lutherans of Schierstein attended. I usually use the German Guides to Parish Registers, by Kevan Hansen. This was a series of books of all the German Kingdoms, etc. that show the Districts, Kreis and the Church Parishes for the different religions. They also show the villages that belong to each Parish. The series has completed 33 of the proposed 55 Volumes. I have just ordered the 3 volumes for Hessen-Nassau in the Rhineland which is west and south of the Grand-duchy of Hessen. The website, if you want to order some volumes, is < http://www.familyrootspublishing.com > . All of this is to find the church parish of the village of Schierstein. I found the village, it is on the North side of the Rhine River, just southwest of Wiesbaden. The area is now in the Grand duchy of Hessen but it wasn't always. The boundary now is the Rhine River, but boundaries changed a lot due to wars and mergers. The Seven Years War (1756 to 1763) had just ended leaving devestation and death in its path. Many Germans were looking for a safer and better life. In 1763 Catharine of Russia sent out her invitation to settle new lands in Russia and that started the large migration to Russia. Many people searching for their ancestors back to Germany are confused about their origin. In the case of Schierstein, it is listed as being in Nassau by the Heinz family and being in Hessen by your Spomer family. I found only one Schierstein and it is on the border of the Grand Duchy of Hessen and the Province of Rhineland in Hessen-Nassau. The seven years war had many boundary changes and the Treaty of Hubertusburg, which ended the war in 1763, made more boundary changes. There was another village I recently researched that was supposedly in Rhineland-Pfalz but I couldn't find it. So, I went to the Grand duchy of Hessen and there it was, near the border of the Rhineland-Pfalz. For the German farmers that lived in those villages, they didn't care which Province claimed their village. That's why sometimes different members of the same family would give a different Province as the origin. I think the older individual would use the province they grew up in and the younger ones used the present province. I'm still working on finding the church parish for Schierstein because that would confirm whether your Spomers came from there. Those Parish Registers would also list the parents of the two brothers. Some of those records go back to the 1500's. The LDS microfilmed many of those church records and you can rent and view those films at your local Family History Center. (I just today received a letter from Linda Otto who has just received such a microfilm from another researcher and it has "Schierstein Church Record" on it. That film # is 1193450 and is in German Script). Good luck in your research and let me know if you need more help. Jerry Goertzen