Dear Nancy: It would appear that Gottlob Zschau was born illegitimate. I have seen a lot of original baptismal registries from German churches (Lutheran or Evangelical) and it is common that there will be no information on the father if the parents are not married. Sometimes you find a later addition "legitimizing" the child, if the father married the mother later. The entry on the front of the excerpt reads: Baptized: Zschau, Gottlob Born: 28. Sept. 1843 in: Wöllnau Baptized: 1 Oct. 1843 Father: not named in the Registry Mother: Joh. (prob. Johanne or Johanna) Rosine Zschau, no further data Back of the Excerpt: On the left: Other Information relevant to the genealogy of the baptized In the box on the right: for example, information about the father of an illegitimate child, about Godparents who are recognizable as relatives of the baptized, and so on Schubert, Gottlieb, Laborer in Wöllnau Haghaus (?) Carl Christoph Municipal employee in Wöllnau Spinster Christiane, Gottlieb (I suspect that her last name is Gottlieb, her fist name Christiane and that this is a transcription error.) Letter from the Archivist: Sprotta, May 23, 2000 Dear Mrs. Atkinson: Today we are able to send you the requested document. We have looked through the church books from Wöllnau/Batta??? for the requested time period, unfortunately we were not able to find anything else. In this regard, we request the bank transfer of the following amount, as per the Archive regulations: 1.5 hours at DM30.00 - DM45.00 One Document: DM5.00 - DM5.00 Total: DM50.00 Thank you. Account No.: 2230 003472 Bank ID No.: 860 550 02 Sparkasse - Delitsch - Eilenburg (this is the name of the Bank) Reason for payment: Genealogy/Wöllnau With best regards, by direction, Hemme (stamp) I hope this helps. Thilo -- Thilo C. Agthe Brooklyn, NY tagthe@earthlink.net