Hello, Has anyone seen a list of the various Kreis's (counties) for Hessen, especially Hessen-Darmstadt, during the first half of the 19th century? I recently found out that my Lutz ancestors came from Niederbessingen (in 1856) which was clearly in Hessen-Darmstadt, just north of Frankfurt, but their church records also say they were from Kreis Humme and I cannot for the life of me find any mention of that county anywhere. So my other question is, has anyone ever heard of Kreis Humme? Is this a mistranslation of the church records? Thanks in advance, Brian Hamman --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003