In a message dated 10/21/2004 6:00:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, HESSE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Can anyone give me some information about that area of Germany? The Wiegand family? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hi Lois: To find information on the Wiegand ancestors, have you already looked at the LDS films for Lauterbach at www.familysearch.org? For information about the town, you could go to google and enter Lauterbach, or Lauterbach Hesse. There are options to find English only sites or you could select "translate this page" for German sites. Paul C. Miller