I have been researching my mothers' family of JUNGS, who were born in the Pfalz area in the town of Dörrmoschel. I recently ordered the Church Records (Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirch Dörrmoschel-BA. Rockenhausen) through the Family History center and have had great success. I plan on ordering the films for the Church from Rathskirchen also. The Old German Script was very hard to decipher, but I have been able to determine many of the words with some luck. My question pertains to the history of this area and some words I would like to confirm the meaning of. I came across the word, which I think is spelled Schmeidermeister, can someone confirm that this means a Master Blacksmith? I also came across the word gütsbesitzer, and have found in the German dictionary that it means Landowner? I also found many towns in this area with the ending of Hof - Spreiterhof, Felsbergerhof etc. would these (Hof) towns be small farming communities, maybe named after the major Landowner or Manor House in the area? This leads to my final question being, does anyone have a particular name of a book or website that deals specifically with the history of this region especially during the late1700's to early 1800's? Thanks, Michelle Nardone kitkat1@ptdprolog.net