I am coming back to may first reply to the Rüdesheim request of Roger. There are actually two Rüdesheim: a town Rüdesheim am Rhein (bordering the Rhine river) around 20 km West of Wiesbaden and another village Rüdesheim around 2 km West of Bad Kreuznach. Rüdesheim am Rhein is the location I mentionned in my first mail. It belonged to Nassau and later to Hessen-Nassau and now-a-days to Hessen, whereas Rüdesheim near Bad Kreuznach belonged to the Prussian Rheinland, county of Koblenz, and later on to Rheinland-Pfalz. Regards Ernst Dierich ----- Original Message ----- From: <SooCtyGen@aol.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 4:31 AM Subject: [PFALZ] Rüdesheim > Am still confused about Rüdesheim. Apparently there are two. When I access > the catalogue in Salt Lake I get: Germany, Preußen, Hessen-Nassau, Rüdesheim > for one set of records and Germany, Preußen, Rheinland, Rüdesheim for another > set. > > The Rheinland set has church records marked Rüdesheim (Kr. Kreuznach) for the > catholic records and Weinsheim (Kr. Kreuznach) for the evangelical records. > The Hennen-Nassau set says Rüdesheim (Reingaukreis) for the catholic records > and Rüdesheim am Rhine (Reingaukreis) for the evangelical records. > > Were both a part of Nassau at some time or just the Hessen-Nassau reference? > > Roger Nichols <SooCtyGen@aol.com> >