On the Bessarabian Index, Phase 2, Part 1 *** we find: LAST First born h# p# f# Film # It Village Remarks HUMMAN Andreas 1793 59 10 343 1767907 4 Kloestitz HUMMEL Andreas 1793 59 123 491 1767907 5 Kloestitz HUMMEL Andreas 1793 58 129 375 1766558 2 Kloestitz HUMMEL Christian 1876 58 135 140 1766560 1 Kloestitz HUMMEL Gottlieb 1838 58 135 140 1766560 1 Kloestitz (Beresina) HUMMEL Gottlieb 1838 59 123 491 1767907 5 Kloestitz HUMMEL Gottlieb 1838 58 129 375 1766558 2 Kloestitz HUMMEL Gottlieb 1869 58 136 141 1766560 1 Kloestitz It strikes me that HUMMAN should be HUMMEL ... There were no HUMMANs in Klöstitz not even any HUMANNs Anyone searching for a particular family name would do well to scrutinze the ENTIRE file(s), rather than just doing a search for the desired family name.. One never knows WHAT one finds... More on the way, Jay Meeuwig *** See: http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/bess/bessind/link/bipart1.txt