In a message dated 6/29/2004 11:00:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, HESSE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I am wondering where the church records for the time around 1840 and before for this area would be. I don't think that the LDS church has filmed them. I am probably interested in the Catholic records, but would be good to know where the Luthern records are as well. Hello Stephen: If the records haven't been filmed by LDS, try contacting the church archives in the area to find out if the records are stored there or are still at the local churches. You can contact the Catholic and Lutheran archives by e-mail: Catholic Archives: Diocesan Archives in Fulda: Archiv@bistum-fulda.de Lutheran Archives: Central Archive of the Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau, Darmstadt: zentralarchiv@ekhn-kv.de If the records for these two towns are stored somewhere else, the archives should give you contact information, as well as the year for which the records begin Paul