Many of the books have an index in the back which would be the last several pages of the scanned film section. That can be used to check the first letter of the name is what you think it is. These indexes also can speed up finding what page other family members are on. Best of success in your searches, Mark Moeser Searching Drushel / Druschel, Lotz / Lutz, Frishkorn / Freshcorn / Frishcorn and others in Wallroth, Breitenbach, Schluechtern areas of the upper Kinzig. In a message dated 3/27/2009 2:19:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Nancy -- "pascalfl" <[email protected] writes: Viewing these records in Old German Script is likely the reason you didn't recognize the name. If you do a search for "Old German Script" there are several websites that show examples. The 'D' does not look like a 'D' (can't discribe), 'e' looks like 'n'; 'a' might look like 'ur' and the 'o' might look like a 'v'. I reviewed my films several times until I became familiar with the writing. I passed over my ancestors records at least four times.