Several people have contacted me about my reference to Brilmayer. Karl Johann Brilmayer (1843-1905)published a book entitled Rheinhessen in 1904 that provided a brief history of the region and a one or two page summary of each of the villages in the province. The summaries usually include data on population, number of houses, religious preferences of residents, description of churches and schools and a very brief summary of the village history. This book was reprinted in 1985 by Verlag Weidlich in Würzburg. I purchased my copy in Alzey/Rhh., Germany in 1990 for DM 100. It is a little over 500 pages. There is also a nice fold out map. I have been reluctant to even answer this query as I know I am going to get a number of requests for lookups. I will try to be helpful but please limit requests to no more than one village. I will provide the demographic statistics for you, but unfortunately I am not able to translate further details. Rheinhessen by the way, encompasses an area roughly bordered by Mainz on the north, Worms on the south, Kreuznach on the west and the Rhine river on the east. Good Luck Gary 27 April 2000 Baltimore