Maria, Good to read your message which jogs me to write about my Trautman --Anna Maria, b 30 March, 1727 in Lambsborn. She married Johann Jost Leibenguth, b. 11 Feb. 1722 Wellesweiler, on 26 Sept. 1747. They lived in Wellesweiler where he died 1 March 1779 and she 24 May 1765. The records from Germany show the Trautmann name was originally Ditmann, then Traumann, then Trautmann. Thought you might be interested. They had 8 children, the youngest Johann Christian Leibenguth, was my direct ancestor. I have birth, death dates for all of them if you are interested. They also were ancestors of Ruth Bosecker, whose death May 31 really shook me up. My younger cousins that I met last summer in Ky. are dying at an alarming rate. I've resolved to get my genealogy stuff organized on disk and hard copy even though it isn't complete. I'm watching for her obituary on-line in Union Co. and praying for her 84-year-old sister who lived with her. I visited that Ark Royale Cemetery last summer -- but it was 98 in that shade that day and no trees near our graves. Also the stones from 1850-1900 weren't always legible. Found all but one Voss stone, but though I had several lot nos. couldn't locate the Leibenguth graves---. Happy rooting -- and again, the Ky. volunteers do a great job on the web and otherwise. Mary Wallace.