Mainly for Barbara Dulaney Engels I had a quick look on geneaNet and noticed that, in many cases, the surname you are interested in occurs in Normandy. You can, however, look at the major centres in the Marne departement,such as, Rheims [spelt, Reims in French] and Chalons en Champagne - they are listed in the Marne Archives. Unfortunately, the acts for these places being numerous, the work of putting them online is not yet completed, so don't be too disappointed if you don't find anything at first - just go back and look again from time-to-time ! Good luck Martin Blignaut -- Martin moslins1@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be