This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVC.2ACE/3887.1.1.3.2 Message Board Post: You could try "Arbeitskreis Familienforschung Osnabrück e.V." the genealogical society for Osnabrück and surrounding villages. They have a branch in Ankum. Ankum parish registers are transcribed and indexed as far as I know. The e-mail address is: osfa (at) j-t.de (Frau Claudia Janßen-Timmen, secretary) Good luck. Renate