Hello, I'm a new subscriber to the Pfalz list. I'm researching the Bürkbüchler family from Jockgrim. The LDS films are listed as Jockgrim, Pfalz, Bayern. I believe my gg-gf, Joseph Bürkbüchler was born there sometime between 1822 and 1826. He emigrated to Missouri, sometime before 1845 and came to California in 1854. I'm not sure at this point just who the parents of "my" Joseph are, but in researching these films, I've found a 1822 baptism record for a Joseph. His name is listed in the margin of the book as Bükbühler Josephus. Then there is a symbol of some sort, that I'm wondering if anyone on the list would know what it means. Description is rather hard, but it looks sort of like a circle (not full circle - open on the top left side) and has a dot beneath it. I do have a scan of it, if anyone would like to look at it and hopefully know what it means. I did have one person tell me that it may mean a day of the week, but she couldn't remember it that was correct or not. There are not very many records with this mark, however there are a few. Thanks for any help you may have! Carol Ferrari ferrcamp@sprynet.com