Karen, All I have is the information that was sent me. The village Sossen (CZ: Sosen), west of Rakovnik was at one time a part of the Petersburg Great Estate. It is listed in the 1654 Tax List. According to an email I received there was a Geargk Schramb (Schramm) listed as a farmer and also listed were his wife and children ans servants. I was trying to do the research on line. I found a site with a link to the tax rolls but the link no longer worked. Do you know a site where I can find the villages of that era. Thanks Mary -------------- Original message -------------- From: KarenHob@aol.com > Mary, > > Do you know where Petersburg is? That is your first project. > > Call the University of WI Geography research library at > > 1-800-558-8993 and tell them you are trying to locate a Petersburg in > Bohemia and the years it would apply. > > They will give you latitude and longitude of possibilities. You either have > to call back in a couple of days for the data or give them your Edress so > they can reply by Email. > > If they can't find it, there is no such place in old Bohemia and you will > have to look in another crownland. You might try Hungary. > > If you have latidude and longitude you can figure out which district it was > in during the time that the Sommer books were written and learn the names of > the noblemen who owned that estate from the book for that district . > . > Those old records of the noble family would probably include estate > employment records, even after 1848 when serfs were freed. > > Is there any chance it should be Pressburg? > > Karen > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? To > browse the archives, go to: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/ >