Hi Elaine, I agree that the Eppstein you are looking for is the one near Frankenthal. I have it on a map that I located through Shtetleseeker on the "Jewish Genweb" site which is marvellous for locating obscure German villages. Eppstein is right next to Flomersheim which is where my father's birth father lived. An excellent research tool for me was the LDS IGI at familysearch.org. Extensive records were filmed at the catholic and protestant churches in the area. The Catholic church is Sankt Dreifaltigkeit in Frankenthal and, from what I have seen of the records, it appeared that a large number of the population of surrounding villages utilized the services of this church. Since receiving my Ahnentafel, I have gone back to the IGI and have found most of my ancestors listed. From the extensive records I received, I am assuming (perhaps wrongly so) that there must be a fairly active genealogical society in the area. My newly-found reltive has gone on vacation until September, but I will correspond with her in an attempt to find out about research in the area. I will share what I find out with the List. Elsa