Sam, Which films have you ordered (including film numbers)? I'm guessing you just didn't choose the right films. It can be confusing sometimes when you see a list of LDS films that all have Graudenz (Grudzia~dz in Polish) in the title. You have to figure out what's different about each title. In this case, Graudenz westpreussen, refers to the kreis (county, province). Each title is for a different village: Lindenau, Mockrau, Okonin etc. I'm guessing that you are looking at various parish records. It was common for our ancestors to list their county or province as their place of residence when in actuality they lived in a village within that county or province. In the U.S. it would be like saying you're from Chicago, Illinois when you're really from Niles, Illinois. To read all of the Chicago films looking for ancestors would probably be a colossal waste of time and money. It's important to figure out an ancestor's village. Now, if you believe your ancestor was from the _city_ of Graudenz (it would be much better if the list could see a scan of the document) then you should start with the Catholic records (as stated on your document). If you don't find your ancestor in the Catholic books, you should check the Lutheran books as well. People tended to go to the closest church regardless of whether it was Catholic or Lutheran. Seeing the document itself might help narrow things down more. However, without seeing your document, I would start with this film title: Kirchenbuch, 1661-1900 Katholische Kirche Graudenz Roman Catholic parish register of baptisms, marriages and deaths for Graudenz, West Prussia, Germany; now Grudzia;dz, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Taufen 1883-1890 Tote 1879-1890 Film 1618635 Items 3-4 (the records to read are the third and fourth items on the film) Debbie SamE797@aol.com wrote: > Reference, > > The Cristening record of Dec 1827 in Katholische Kirche, Graudenz West > Prussia. > > I am tracing my Grand mothers family and on a hand written church record > it states she was born in Graudenz West Prussia on Feb 5th 1884. The church > seal says Katholische K but I can not read the rest. It would be a sure bet > that it is as was stated. Do you know what LDS film number contains those > records? I have look at 4 films so far and have ordered two more. I think it > would save me some time if I knew what film had the information it. > > Sam C.