Could someone please please help me with research in this area? JOANNES DEAO - Christened - 17 FEB 1809 Dom Katholisch, Mainz, Rheinhessen, Hessen I am trying to get further information on this record that I found on FamilySearch.org. I viewed the microfilm, and the spelling did look like DEAO, which is extremely rare. I would like to find this person again in Germany, but I didn't know where to begin. Thank you for your help. Kathleen Deao

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. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Deao" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:17 AM Subject: [HESSE] Mainz, Rheinhessen, Hessen > Could someone please please help me with research in this area? > > JOANNES DEAO - Christened - 17 FEB 1809 Dom Katholisch, Mainz, > Rheinhessen, Hessen > > I am trying to get further information on this record that I found on > FamilySearch.org. I viewed the microfilm, and the spelling did look like > DEAO, which is extremely rare. I would like to find this person again in > Germany, but I didn't know where to begin. Thank you for your help. > Kathleen > Deao > > ------------------------------- > 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