-Some of my German ancestors here in the states have hier ruht on their gravestones. I don't read German but am told it is here rests. A question: I learned a few phrases from older people but the people I've talked to who speak German have a hard time understanding and translating. It could be my pronunciation but one German professor suggested it was probably an old dialect. Does any one know where (if this is true) I might find out where such I dialect was spoken? I have run out of places to find out exactly where they were from. I've tried census, family, naturalization, ships records. Any help will be appreciated. Kathy