-----Original Message----- >From: spaans_ed@comcast.net >Hallo All: > >Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to verify the birth/marriage of one >Raphael Joseph Brockman, born 15 Jan 1827 in Russia, but who had 7 childen in Beuthen, Germany (now Poland)? > Ed, Check the records for the children's birth, and also if the marriage took place in Beuthen. LDS has microfilmed church records that more than cover the time frame you're interested in.\ and you can rent them at a nearby LDS Family History Center. Here's a link to start that search. Possibly the children's birth records will show where the father was born. Certainly the marriage record will, as well as age and parent's names. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&PLACE=Beuthen&PARTOF=&prePLACE=Beuthen&prePARTOF= Good luck, LGO