On Monday 27 November 2006 11:44 pm, fenenga@connpoint.net wrote: > which ones didn't allow their records to be copied? I can't find a single > trace of my people in FamilySearch's IGI. yet he gives his home as > Schweigen, Bergzabern, Speyer. of course, if his home is not the same place > as his birth, I'm in some trouble...but his children show up as born either > in Germany or France, so they should most likely show up in Schweigen, but > they aren't in the IGI, either-and I left the search to the whole of > Germany, not focusing on any town or state. I haven't looked for everyone > in the family, but father, eldest son and youngest daughter don't show up > in the IGI. going off to check a few more of the family. any guidence > appreciated... > Cornelia Cornelia, just because the records have been microfilmed, does NOT mean that they have been indexed and entered into the IGI. If they have, that is a bonus, and makes it easier for us to find them. However, if you have a village name, you have what you need to order the films from the Family History Library (FHL) through your local Family History Center (FHC). To locate the film number you need, see: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/make-family-history-library-catalog.html If you don't see Schweigen, search for Bergzabern, or even Speyer. OR, consult a map, and search for the closest villages and towns. Don't forget to consult old maps as well as modern atlases when searching for villages and towns. Best of luck, Valorie

Cornelia, There are some Evengelical christening records for Schweigen for the years 1685 to 1791 at this website: http://www.igi-index.de/?seite=batch8&lang=uk&sort=ort&id=Schweigen Click on the word "Link" on the right. Marian http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genealogylinks/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valorie Zimmerman" <valoriez@zimres.net> To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Speyer church records > On Monday 27 November 2006 11:44 pm, fenenga@connpoint.net wrote: >> which ones didn't allow their records to be copied? I can't find a single >> trace of my people in FamilySearch's IGI. yet he gives his home as >> Schweigen, Bergzabern, Speyer. of course, if his home is not the same >> place >> as his birth, I'm in some trouble...but his children show up as born >> either >> in Germany or France, so they should most likely show up in Schweigen, >> but >> they aren't in the IGI, either-and I left the search to the whole of >> Germany, not focusing on any town or state. I haven't looked for everyone >> in the family, but father, eldest son and youngest daughter don't show up >> in the IGI. going off to check a few more of the family. any guidence >> appreciated... >> Cornelia > > Cornelia, just because the records have been microfilmed, does NOT mean > that > they have been indexed and entered into the IGI. If they have, that is a > bonus, and makes it easier for us to find them. However, if you have a > village name, you have what you need to order the films from the Family > History Library (FHL) through your local Family History Center (FHC). To > locate the film number you need, see: > > http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/make-family-history-library-catalog.html > > If you don't see Schweigen, search for Bergzabern, or even Speyer. OR, > consult > a map, and search for the closest villages and towns. Don't forget to > consult > old maps as well as modern atlases when searching for villages and towns. > > Best of luck, > > Valorie > > ********* > Information for list members: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html