I'm interested in learning more about the area near Eilenburg, Wöllnau and Sprotta during the mid 19th century. Can anyone provide a church history of the area? Also, are their any connections between this area and the town of Bretzenheim in the Rhein province? Somehow, my gg-grandparents (b1840's) were from these two areas but I can't for the life of me imagine how they would have met. Regards, Nancy homepage: http://home.att.net/~rascalz/genealogy.htm SEARCH my GEDCOM at Rootsweb: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rascalz ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Researching Surnames England - ATKINSON, GLEDHILL (Halifax Yorkshire), TAYLOR (Lanchester, Durham) Germany - DICK, JUNG, ZSCHAU, GRIESBACH, LEIXNER, SCHMITT, SCHMIDT, GILCHER, MAURER, MERCKER, STROBEL, WEBER Connecticut & Massachusetts - BERARD Massachusetts - GAGUE Ireland - O'DONNELL, CANNON, SHEA, VALLELY