I am trying to transcribe a German birth certicate. It's a "fill in the blank". The copy is very poor but I can make out most of the German script. It's the block letters (Suttelin) that I'm having trouble reading. They a smeared, etc. I'm think that it's standard form for births in the time period of 1843 (Dusseldorf). I realize Dusseldorf is not in Hesse, but thought someone on the list may have access to one that is similar. It also refers to Keihel/Kesfel and Cleve. Could this be a district or city? Thanks, Nancy

btw, there also is a Kesfeld in Western Germany, but that is several hundreds of kms south on the borderline to Luxemburg and Belgium in the Eifel Mountains. Not sure why this would have been mentioned in the same context as Cleve or Düsseldorf. For earlier times this was quite a distance... But without exact context I can't tell you more. Regards, Thierry   ________________________________ Von: pascalfl <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: Dienstag, den 21. April 2009, 00:39:36 Uhr Betreff: [HESSE] Birth certificate I am trying to transcribe a German birth certicate.  It's a "fill in the blank".  The copy is very poor but I can make out most of the German script.  It's the block letters (Suttelin) that I'm having trouble reading.  They a smeared, etc.  I'm think that it's standard form for births in the time period of 1843 (Dusseldorf).  I realize Dusseldorf is not in Hesse, but thought someone on the list may have access to one that is similar.  It also refers to Keihel/Kesfel and Cleve.  Could  this be a district or city? Thanks, Nancy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message