Barbara, you wrote: >seeking information on records available for the Ixheim -Zweibrucken area for >Mary CLAUSS/KLAS/KLOS born 25 Dec 1859 who married Henry John FOLKE from >Hamburg born 11 Dec 1867. >Mary had a sister Elizabeth who married August GOETZ >Henry had a brother George and sister Minna who married Harry ZUEGE >Any information on records for this area or information on these people would >be greatly appreciated. It is a bit tricky to respond to your inquiry as you do not make it clear as to how much you have already investigated. This especially critical as you do not state (perhaps because you do not know) where any of these folks were married. Folke is clearly an anglized name and the nearest Hamburg is near Munich. Even in the 1860s this was a distance. I trust you have already eliminated the many Marie or Elisabetha Clauss listed in the IGI. www.familysearch.org Have you investigated the civil records for Ixheim or the many Church and civil records available for Zweibrücken on films from the Family History Centers? 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