This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boody/BUDDE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVC.2ACE/3972.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Robert: Pardon my ignorance on the simple task of slowing down long enough to read the english language properly... :) I wasn't paying attention to what you'd asked, sorry. The folks in question (first group) would be 1814-1837 in regards to Groß Berkel (did I use this correctly?) parish. Dehmke, Hameln, Hannover or Niedersachsen (first one, I would guess?) to my way of thinking I should be recording it as parish, town/village, Amt/county, then "State"? but I understand this could be incorrect because of shifting borders/names for time periods of those I'm researching....any help on how I should be correctly recording these folks and this area is greatly appreciated. thanks again for your time, and sorry for my misunderstanding. Stacey