>From: "Ruth M. Tomlinson" <rtomlinson@tm.net> Subject: 1840-1856 Josef >Schmitt or Schmidt > Can anyone help me find my ggrandmother and her family, they were living in Schifferstadt, Canton Speyer, Rhemish, Baveria in 1840. Ruth, I have several grandparents (Berkel, Mayer, Kraus, Sold, Neff, Kramer, etc.) from Schifferstadt. LDS church has them on films that include [1693-1748, FHL INTL Film #0367454, St. Jacob Catholic Church, Schifferstadt, Deutschland; Index records 1748-1784, FHL INTL Film #0367455; Baptismal Index, Marriage, Confirmation & Death records 1784-1823, FHL INTL Film #0367456, St. Jacob Catholic Church, Schifferstadt, Deutschland] At the city hall in Schifferstadt, I purchased 4 books pertaining to the history or early residents. I looked up Schmidt/Schmitt & found plenty of them, but much earlier years than what you stated. The book: “Familien und Einwohner in Schifferstadt; 12.-18 Jahrhundert.” Sincerely, Gerri... Geraldine Happel Graham San Antonio, TEXAS A tree will whither if no one tends to the roots... Family History http://members.aol.com/dickandgerri/ .............................................................................. ......................... Searching for: Armand Batteux Berkel Bick Bollfrass Boudemont Brensing Brill Bruchhaeuser Bruene Combe Cunningham Deusch Dissen Eckart Engel Ernst Ernsthauser Fichtenmayer Feld Fischer Franz Gleisener Graham Gresty Groll Gross Happel Herbold Henkel Hesse Hoehl Hughes Ibelshaeuser Jackson Keck Kelley Kleinschmitt Koehler Kramer Kraus Krueger Lake Leckinger Leiberg Levenz Lueckel Maier May Mayer McCauley Michelot Mucklerath Muecher Moeller Mueller Muteze Nalek Neff Neumeier Oschmann Rieger Robinson Schaefer Scheffel Scherer Schindel Schoeneweis Sold Staeckling Stahl Stremme Weissenmayer Weller Wolmar .............................................................................. .........................