This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.macomb/563.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Ursula, Part are written in German, part in English. I took digital pictures of both our books so that there were copies in case anything ever happened to the originals. The first book runs from 1872-1947, with records from 1866-1871 pasted in the front. I can read enough German to read most of the records. I have the most problem with the 1866-1871 batch because of the handwriting, but I inherited a German handwriting book from 1901 that helps. Tina