Alan, I have a handy guide at home that has some nice tips on researching the French occupation and it has the Republic Calendar. A very handy tool. I am at work right now so I do not have access to it. Ironic, a number of my Otterstadt marriages and births are recorded in the records in Ketsch which is across the Rhine River from the town during the time of French control. I would also carefully look at nearby towns. Good Luck Sarah "Alan J. Kleipass" <aj@rockycrater.org> wrote: Thank you, Maureen. I am certain that it was the Bendorf on the Rhine near Koblenz that my grandmother grew up in. Looking at the Wikipedia info on Mülhausen, it appears that the French controlled it from 1789 to 1870, and the Germans were in control from 1870 to 1918. So, in theory, Stefan could have been born French in a German controlled Bendorf and then moved to another town with the same name as his birthplace. Far fetched, but they do say that truth is stranger than fiction, so... I shall examine the possibilities. Thank you again. ~Alan J. Kleipass~ -----Original Message----- From: pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Spaghettitree@aol.com Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 06:04 PM To: pfalz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Intro & Q: French Jews in Germany There are 3 places by the name of Bendorf, according to Meyers-Orts (1912 gazetteer which covers Alsace-Lorraine to East Prussia). The first one is a village in Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen in German) near Mülhausen. There 196 residents, Catholic parish. The second is a city on the Rhein near Koblenz. 6,090 people, Evangelisch, Katholisch parishes and a Synagogue. The third is a village up north in Schleswig-Holstein near Rendsburg, church affiliations not named, 270 residents. Alsace-Lorraine went back and forth from Germany to France several times, so look to your history and chronologies. Last time it reverted to French property was after the War in 1945. Maureen Schoenky ********* Information for list members: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe aj@rockycrater.org from the list, please send an email to PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********* Information for list members: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe ladyaedin@prodigy.net from the list, please send an email to PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sarah, Can you tell us what your handy guide is called? I would like to look it up myself. --Marybeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "SARAH ADAMS" <ladyaedin@prodigy.net> > I have a handy guide at home that has some nice tips on researching the > French occupation and it has the Republic Calendar. A very handy tool. I > am at work right now so I do not have access to it. > Sarah