Linen weaver it is. I have a family full of them and the profession supported many in the Pfalz. It was a recognized guild throughout early modern Germany. Not as high a status as perhaps, wool weaver, but much more reliable as wool had to be imported whereas flax could be grown locally. When trade routes were cut off by invading armies, flax was as close as the next harvest. Rob Hausman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS