Karen Meng wrote: >Other than on-line maps, I have very little knowledge about the location of >the three towns. I need a basic book on German geography! > If you are doing a lot of German family research a German Road Atlas is a very good investment. they cost around $US25. I have the Hammond Atlas which is IMO, fair. For instance Martesheim is not in the atlas and the coordinates are not the European coordinates but ones developed by the German publisher. Search B&N, Borders, Amazon, Rand-McNally etc for German atlases. Send a message to geo@genealogy.net with the names of the three towns each on a separate line and you will get political and geographical information; > >Thank you for the website for the genealogy society. I am certain that they >will be able to guide me in the right direction. Your suggestion is greatly >appreciated. > Bad Durkheim is quite a distance to the north east from Permasens: Mertesheim & Ebertsheim are in the county Bad Dürkeim and Monsheim is is the county Alzey-Worms. Google for genealogy societies in those towns: Bad Dürkeim, Alzey and Worms.

Hello List, If anybody wants a really GREAT atlas, I would recommend the following which can be purchased over the Internet directly from the publisher: Deutschland ADAC MaxiAtlas I only ever found one single little town, which actually had formerly been a farm, that was not listed. It contains an alphabetical listing with tons of detailed maps. It is definitely worth the few extra dollars to get the large sized version over the smaller one. Good hunting, Rudy Flack -----Original Message----- From: bob gillis [mailto:robertgillis@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:44 AM To: pfalz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Mertesheim, Ebertsheim, Monsheim Karen Meng wrote: >Other than on-line maps, I have very little knowledge about the location of >the three towns. I need a basic book on German geography! > If you are doing a lot of German family research a German Road Atlas is a very good investment. they cost around $US25. I have the Hammond Atlas which is IMO, fair. For instance Martesheim is not in the atlas and the coordinates are not the European coordinates but ones developed by the German publisher. Search B&N, Borders, Amazon, Rand-McNally etc for German atlases. Send a message to geo@genealogy.net with the names of the three towns each on a separate line and you will get political and geographical information; > >Thank you for the website for the genealogy society. I am certain that they >will be able to guide me in the right direction. Your suggestion is greatly >appreciated. > Bad Durkheim is quite a distance to the north east from Permasens: Mertesheim & Ebertsheim are in the county Bad Dürkeim and Monsheim is is the county Alzey-Worms. Google for genealogy societies in those towns: Bad Dürkeim, Alzey and Worms.

Apologies to all but I have missed seeing the initial e-mail that prompted the following response concerning Bad Durkheim, Rhein-Pfalz. Who is it that is seeking family history information regarding the town Bad Durkheim? I have looked through the Pfalz-L mail list archives and I could not identify the original poster. I have research interests in the Bad Durkheim area and would not want to miss the opportunity to contact the person who posted the original query. Thank you, Bette. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob gillis" <robertgillis@verizon.net> To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Mertesheim, Ebertsheim, Monsheim >Bad Durkheim is quite a distance to the north east from Permasens: >Mertesheim & Ebertsheim are in the county Bad Dürkeim and Monsheim is is >the county Alzey-Worms. >Google for genealogy societies in those towns: Bad Dürkeim, Alzey and >Worms.