At 09:07 PM 11/27/2006, you wrote: >I am trying to locate specific records from the marriage, birth and death >records from Speyer. Are these records available online? Depending on the years you need and the religion, you would need either the civil records or the church records. Speyer is a fairly large area and has quite a few churches so if you're looking for records prior to 1798 (when they started civil registration), you'll need to check the church records. The church records as well as civil registration records (births, marriages and deaths--the church has baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials) are all microfilmed and available for rental at local Family History Centers. It is very satisfactory to look at the films yourself even if you don't speak German (which I don't). The IGI might have some of the films transcribed and entered but I doubt anywhere near all of them. There are hundreds of microfilm for Speyer (270 alone for civil registration). If you at least approximate dates, it shouldn't be too hard to find the entries. Pam http://www.pamsgenealogy.net