I have a question that only another frustrated genealogist can answer. If you were searching for the wife of a man named Johannes, and two possibilities in the death index occurred, which would you choose, the one listed as the wife of JOHANNES, or the wife of JOHAN? Would there be an old world distinction? Both women I have found could be my 6-ggrandfather's wife. They are both named Maria Catharina, and both died within two years of each other, and both were only 8 years apart in age. I tend to lean toward the Johannes, because it is definite. So many of the people we research in the Pfalz have the name Johann before the name they go by. All of my 5-ggrandfather's sons were named Johann-something, even the one named Johannes. Any thoughts on this from anyone???? Thanks, Karen Deeds-Jarvie :-) B.G., Ohio