At 08:37 PM 4/9/2007, you wrote: > I did have -but seem to have >lost- a CD of the transcriptions for all three >churches: Katholische, Evangelische and Reformiert. Hello Rob, Do you remember the source of the CD? I wonder if it might still be available somewhere. Such a CD would make the search for surname records much easier including checking for variant spelling and would then allow a person to quickly find the actual church records on microfilm. Lesley Shockey West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM