Helen, I have been able to find the German town my ancestors came from by looking at the records for the original church that they came to in the USA. Your best bet is to look in the original church records in Baltimore, MD. You say that they have a card index, but you do need to verify this town name by asking to have a copy of the original or at least look at the original. Then you can take the town name, which is probably writen in German Fraktur, and using a script guide, compare the writing to be sure the spelling is actually Angendorf. You might also check the records for her parents and also siblings. Sometimes the writing is clearer in other entries. Try to get as many samples of the writing as possible. I hope that the records are available, or at least filmed for you. Carolyn In a message dated 5/20/2004 2:01:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, HESSE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: The marriage record of my greatgrandmother, Anna Catherine Mueller, in 1853 in Baltimore, Md. shows that she came from Angendorf, Gross. Hessen. She married Georg Schambach, of Bensheim, Gross. Hessen. I have not been able to locate a town by the name of Angendorf. Can anyone suggest what the town name might have been? So far I have not found the original handwritten record of this--Only copied data on a card at the church. I have run out of places to look.

Carolyn, Thank you so much for your reply. The very kind lady who does the genealogy searches at the Zion Church of the City of Baltimore indicated that the original church records are not available to her. The cards were made from the first copy of the original records. I think I have found that the Maryland Archives in Annapolis, Md has a microfilm of church records, and I'm hoping it will be what you suggested. Wish me luck? I'll try to visit there soon.If I can't read original writing I do have someone who can translate for me if I can get a copy of the marriage record. I appreciate your help! Helen On Thu, 20 May 2004 11:22:02 EDT Jerolyn@aol.com wrote: >Helen, > I have been able to find the German town my ancestors >came from by >looking at the records for the original church that they >came to in the USA. > Your best bet is to look in the original church >records in Baltimore, MD. > You say that they have a card index, but you do need to >verify this town >name by asking to have a copy of the original or at least >look at the original. >Then you can take the town name, which is probably writen >in German Fraktur, >and using a script guide, compare the writing to be sure >the spelling is >actually Angendorf. You might also check the records for >her parents and also >siblings. Sometimes the writing is clearer in other >entries. Try to get as many >samples of the writing as possible. > I hope that the records are available, or at least >filmed for you. >Carolyn > >In a message dated 5/20/2004 2:01:35 AM Eastern Standard >Time, >HESSE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >The marriage record of my greatgrandmother, Anna >Catherine Mueller, in 1853 in Baltimore, Md. shows that >she >came from Angendorf, Gross. Hessen. She married Georg >Schambach, of Bensheim, Gross. Hessen. I have not been >able to locate a town by the name of Angendorf. Can >anyone >suggest what the town name might have been? So far I have >not found the original handwritten record of this--Only >copied data on a card at the church. I have run out of >places to look. > > >==== HESSE Mailing List ==== >Don't overlook the Hesse mailing list taglines at the >bottom of each list E-Mail you receive. Valuable infor- >mation is presented there! >