Dennis Kastens may have an answer as he is the expert on that general area and published several books covering it. My last contact information for him was DAKASTENS@aol.com and Dennis A. Kastens 5101 Kings Park Drive St. Louis, MO 63129 314-892-0888 phone website: http://www.kastensinc.com/neuhart/ Pryse At 08:01 AM 9/29/2006, you wrote: >Wilhelm P. Kemendics wrote: > > >Dear Listers ! > > > >Does anybody have an idea where the Catholics of Gossersweiler were > >recorded before 1732 ? I am living far from the area and that doesn't > >help me with my search very much. > > >I was waiting for another response before replying but there was only >one non-repsonse. > >I think that the Catholic Church in Gossersweiler did not exist before >1732, that Gossersweiler was settled or founded in 1732 or that the >church books before then were destroyed. > >The church might have been in another town. Towns around Gossersweiler >are Hauenstein, Annweiler , Silz, (quite small) and Völkersweiler. Do >a place search in the FHL Catalogue for them and see if RC records prior >to 1732 exist there. > >bob gillis > > >********* >Information for list members: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html >********* > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe 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 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006