There is a very comprehansive site for list members whose ancestors came from the Riesengebirge area. This covers the area from Reichenberg to Trautenau. _http://www.riesengebirgler.de/_ (http://www.riesengebirgler.de/) Google searches don't work to translate with a Google URL seach, but the home page suggests that you copy and paste the text to Google Translate to get the text in fair English. The links on the left have images of old postcards, some more recent photos and, perhaps most important, lists of GEFALLEN during the World Wars. They are listed by village. If you don't know a Reisengebirge birthplace of an ancestor the list of surnames with villages on that part of the website could be most helpful. There is also a list of Heimat books by an author named Junker. The list covers single books for given places or vicinities rather than for an entire county or Kreis. Even though the links are in German, it is a good idea to click on each one and see the list of possibillities it opens in the same left hand panel. Then click on them to see if there are photos, books, lists of names or other data. There are also pages about forestry and paper making, mining, glassmaking and o ther enterprises that were associated with the area. Under the link for " Kirchen" find "Kirche Wang". Clicking on that shows photos of a rare wooden church that is more Silesian than Bohemian. The text generally emphasizes the Silesian roots of much of the area and how settlers from Germany assimilated and adoped those traditions. The site INDEX gives a very good page with a lot of links that one might miss by just searching the left panel on the home page. Take the time needed to thoroughly search this site. The webmaster of this site sometimes puts up special pages with PDF databases and other information. However these pages are not permanent. **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)