In a message dated 11/4/2005 8:45:03 AM Mountain Standard Time, maryjo@jandjglass.com writes: Are there similar maps for Bohemia?? Many Heimat books for all of the Sudeten areaas of CZ include maps of villages mentioned but it is not possibile to tell which ones have them from the titles of the books. I have a community Heimat book for Mies county but it maps only the houses that were occupied by ethnic German families in the larger places because the maps are based on the memory of those who drew them. They also represent house numbers as they were in 1945. That is why it is best to write to one of the Heimat libraries to inquire about the contents of "unknown" books for a given area. Especially if you need to know which house had a given number prior to 1880 or so. Be sure to explain that to the librarian if that is what you need. Older materials related to Bohemia which may include some data about individtual places are kept at the Collegium Cariolinum in Munich. They have older maps of Bohemia that may include some village maps. They also have items like transcriptions of very old chronicles of places that can include references to individual surnames over time. post.cc@extern.lrz-muenchen.de Others who may be able to provide copies of such maps would be associated with a Heimat Verein / Heimat Museum in Germany There is a list of URLs about those organizations at the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft website: http://www.sudeten.de Click on LINKS on the left of home page. In addition, explore the VSFF web pages for the names of Betreuer for given places. The Betreuer may know if there is a map of "his" place anywhere. Karen Karen