I believe the source referred to here is this book: Praetorius, Otfried. "Kirchenbuecher und Standesregister fuer alle Wohnplaetze im Land Hessen." (Darmstadt, 1939) You may be able to find this book by consulting WorldCat for US library holdings. Dona Ritchie In a message dated 4/15/09 5:37:57 AM, [email protected] writes: > "QU" may signify "Quelle" = source. But I am not sure about the > convention used by the author of the webpage you have got this reference from. ************** Join ChristianMingle.com® FREE! Meet Christian Singles in your area. Start now! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221246370x1201421635/aol?redir=http://www.christianmingle.com/campaign.html?cat=adbuy&src=platforma& adid=aolfooter&newurl=reg_path.html)