Thanks, Brian. I don't have baptism records yet, but am hoping Helen's church recommendation will lead me to some. Nancy > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:33:45 -0500 > From: brian@amason.net > Subject: Re: [HESSE] Leopold (Lippold) > To: hesse@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <feba7e7656902d1c162439d4b853da0e.squirrel@www.amason.net> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > Another good source of the town of origin is the children's baptism > records, if they went to a German language church. > > If they shed their German heritage when arriving, it may be more difficult. > German-American church frequently would record where the parents came from > in baptism and marriage records. > > Brian > >