Hello Georgia, Offenbach is 5 km and Bellheim is 12 km East of Landau/Pfalz and both villages are roughly 150 km South of Frankfurt. Billigheim is since 1969 together with to former villages Appenhofen, Ingenheim, Mühlhofen part of the unified community Billigheim-Ingenheim. There is no train station in Billigheim-Ingenheim but a good bus-connection from the Landau train station (Bahnhof). When you write "Lunteran Church of Billighem" I supose you mean the "Lutheran Church of Billigheim". There is no more Lutheran Church in Billigheim because the Lutheran and the Reformed communities have been unified in 1818 and form now-a-days the Evangelische Landeskirche der Pfalz. Thus the old Lutheran Church of Billigheim became and is still the Evangelische Kirche in Billigheim. Offenbach has both a Evangelic and a Catholic Church. There is only one problem finding the marriage church of your Agnes (!?) Hoffmann and David Preisch: The Evangelische Kirche has been built in 1745 and the Katholische Kirche in 1753/54, that meens 15 years after the focused marriage. Best regards Ernst Dierich ----- Original Message ----- From: <Georgiamhh@aol.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [PFALZ] RE: Town of Bellheim, Muhlfofen, > I am interested in how far Bellheim is from Frankfort. I will arrive May 10th. > > My main reason is to locate a Lunteran Church in Billighem that was active in > 1730s when my Philipp Herlas from Mullhoffen was confirmed 1732 at the age of > 15 yrs. Anna Catharina Herlas from Muhlhofen was confirmed 1732 at the age > of 13. They both went to America > Godparents were Jon Wilhelm Vogler and his wife Anna Catharina. > > A.D. 1740 6th of April provided with all sacraments departed Ferdinand > Herles, resident of Muhlhofen, he lies in the cemetery of that place, buried > according to Roman Catholite rites. > > 1738 17. February got married at Offenbach the Honourable young Man Phillipp > Herlass with Miss Anna Margretha Preyschin ("in" is in the female ending of > the name) says from what I am copying. > > David Preisch (Breisch) b. 1686 Offenbach Landau Rheiland Pfalz Germany > married, Anges Hoffman June 27, 1713 died after 1726 (Both were Catholic) > > I want to locate the Catholic Church of the Breisch's. The Lunheran of Philip > Harless. Ferdinand Harless the father of Philip was evidently Catholic. > > After I have joined your nice Web Site, I have received many emails that I > will > never find the graves, but I would love to take pictures of the Churches. > > I will only be in town 3 nights - It would save me lots of time (I do not > speak > German only Texan) IF I knew where these Churches were located. > > Does anyone know if buses or trains goes to any of the above towns? > The Catholic Church in in Offenbach Landau. I have copies of the Church > Records. The Marriage record of Anges Hoffmannin and David Breisch. etc. > > I would appreciate any help that you may have on the Churches, if they are > still > standing and ground transportation. > > Someone from this list had an old German book with my David Preisch's street > address. I will try and find it. > > Regards, > Georgia Hornbuckle > Dallas, TX