Fred, you wrote: >"Brichstadt, Germany is were my Georg/Gorg/Jurg family came from? >I have tried all the searches I know about but haven't found it. >Can the experts locate it for me? It is supposed to be near Nassau? >Any help is appreciated." I am hardly an expert but I suspect your village name has been translated incorrectly. If you put that spelling into the Stetlseeker town search at www.jewishgen.org the best match you turn up is Brachstadt just south of Nordlingen. You might do the same and check through the possible localities. Rob Hausman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS