I went to Speyer at the end of May '06. It is a beautiful small city of about 40,000. Many of its people speak english. I had no trouble at the archives and found the women there to be very helpful. You do need an appointment to be able to obtain any records. It cost me 11 Euros for the copies I got. Well worth it. I found that a cousin, whom I thought was unmarried, turned out to have been married and that her spouse died soon after, without leaving children. I hope you get to Speyer too. The Domstadt (Catherdal where they crowned the Kings) is grand. Judy Christopher (nee Muller/Mueller) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Beth Michaels" <50below@pobox.mtaonline.net> To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Pfalz, Bavaria and France > Judy, > > Thanks for the idea. If I ever get near Speyer, I will try this. Where > did > you actually go, and what if you don't speak German? > > Marybeth > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy Christopher" <ajuntasc@suscom.net> > To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Pfalz, Bavaria and France > > >> My Greatgramdfather and Grandfather immigrated from Speyer in 1883. This >> past spring I went to visit and had an opportunity to go to the Archives >> there. The information I received was just amazing. Allowing me to >> trace >> my family back to 1633. >> I wish you good luck in finding your family. LDS Library has most of the >> BDMs for the Pfalz. However, I had great gaps in the family and was able >> to >> put it together in Speyer. Judy Christopher > > > > ********* > 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 >

Thanks Judy. It sounds like fun. --Marybeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Christopher" <ajuntasc@suscom.net> >I went to Speyer at the end of May '06. It is a beautiful small city of > about 40,000. Many of its people speak english. I had no trouble at the > archives and found the women there to be very helpful. You do need an > appointment to be able to obtain any records. It cost me 11 Euros for the > copies I got. Well worth it. I found that a cousin, whom I thought was > unmarried, turned out to have been married and that her spouse died soon > after, without leaving children. > I hope you get to Speyer too. The Domstadt (Catherdal where they crowned > the Kings) is grand. Judy Christopher (nee Muller/Mueller)