I visited Franklin Co. two weeks ago. I spent most of my time in Oldenburg. Saw the houses that my grandfather Joseph SELLMEYER and grandmother Bernadina DAHMUS and the house that my great grand father Eberhard WAECHTER lived in. Being they were all Catholics I visited the Catholic Church and the Convent. I spoke to a lady by the name of Rita Enniking. She was extremely helpful. Gave me lots of birth dates and names of the parents. The tour of the cemetery was less than exciting. Although it is well kept it was difficult to read the old stones. We met with cousin Tom Waecther who provided a guided tour of the town. He was most hospitable. Not knowing us from Adam, we thought he took us in as family. What a pleasure. Tom told us about the Nobbe cement batch plant on Rt 229 South of town and North of I74. The cement plant is family operated. The Sr. Mrs Nobbe has a complete reference library of the area. A complete set of Germans to America and individual records that she either copied or were given to her. She has books and books of "remembrance cards" from funerals and events. There is no one there to do research but the file are open to anyone who wants to look at them. What a resource. I hope they never get lost. We went to the courthouse in Brookville. The people there were friendly and helpful in showing us where to find information I asked for. They also would not do research. I was looking for records of citizenship. The writing was too poor for me to read. I went to the library in town. It has lots of microfilm, but only one reader. As it was we were needing to get to a son's house in TN we only spent one day and one night. All in all worth the trip, if for no other reason than to see what a beautiful area it is. For you who live there I say you are lucky to have it. Regards to all Phil Di Matteo Searching for: SELLMEYER, DAHMUS, WAECHTER, Maria Enneking, John Ortman, Mary A. Studor, Bernard Hooverkamp/Haverkamp, Caroline Cranzlor