Me again, Judy. Earlier in this thread you wrote: >Peter Nicholas Beheng was born about 1834. Sorry I omitted that. Judy< Familysearch.org has: Petrus (Latin for: Peter) Beheng Christened: 25 Mar 1835 [comment: he was most likely born on that same day, or just a very few days before it) Faith: Catholic Church name: Heiligkreuz (Holy Cross) Location: Fliessem, Rheinland (Rhineland), Prussia Father: Thomae (Latin for: Thomas) Beheng Mother: Reginae (Latin for: Regina) Styren Batch-No.: C98408-2 This almost perfectly fits to the data you have. (This couple had a number of other children which your friend will also find via familysearch.org) There's also a Familienbuch = Family Lineage Book for the place Fliessem and the non-profit society I mentioned below has a copy of it in their library. Good luck with this research and best, Vera -----Original Message----- From: Vera Nagel Sent: Dienstag, 29. Mai 2012 19:41 To: 'german-bohemian@rootsweb.com' Subject: RE: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Spelling of the name Beheng >>Thanks so very much. I'm forwarding your instructions to the Beheng descendent, and she will follow up on this, I'm sure. She is just getting started with genealogy and is very interested in learning how to research successfully. Many thanks for responding. Judy<< You're most welcome, Judy. In case the Beheng descendent, you're trying to help, sees a possibility that any of the Beheng names appearing on familysearch.org might be the correct one, then she should contact the 'Westdeutsche Gesellschaft fuer Familienkunde, Bezirksgruppe Trier' = Western Germany Society for Family Research, local group Trier Their website is here: http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/trier/ Follow the link 'Kontakt' = Contact and send a kind request for help (including all relevant details about the desired person 'Peter Nicolaus Beheng' you're aware of: when born, when and where deceased, where/when and to whom married, when immigrated to the U.S.) to Mr. Karl Oehms - email: karl.oehms(at)t-online.de If he or any other group member may be able to help, I am sure your friend will get useful information from this group. Best, Vera Nagel, Germany