Margaret, I would take the statement that your family name is taken from the village name with a "large grain of salt." You do know for sure that your family is from the Pfalz area? The online search engines do not show any village or town with the name WEIDENBRUCH in the region of the Pfalz. Other variations might be Weidenbach (willow or pasture brook) or Weidenbrück (willow or pasture bridge). There are 2 Weidenbachs in the Rheinland-Pfalz region. One is near Koblenz and the other is near Trier. There are also several other Weidenbachs across Germany. There are no Weidenbrücks listed anywhere. The LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City has microfilms of the Catholic church books starting in 1798 for the one near Trier that you can rent at your local LDS Family History Center. >Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 22:04:24 -0500 >From: "Margaret Nolan" <nolanfamily@earthlink.net> >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PFALZ] Weidenbruch/town name and maiden name > >Hello, > >Does any one know of the town of WEIDENBRUCH? It is my maiden name >and I have been told my family originally came from this town. How >does this work - at what point would a family take the name of the >town as their surname? Does anyone know what Weidenbruch means? > >Thanks for any thoughts! >Margaret > -- mailto:fhheld@netzero.net ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________