Stefan, Thank you so much for all your good ideas. I will be following up as soon as possible and will let the group know how I have done. Linda Hi Linda, your ancestors seem to be come from the kingdom of Hannover which was occupated by Prussia in 1866. The church records of Hannover are in the Curch Archives of Hannover, they are not filmed by the LDS church. You should contact the Association of German Speaking Genealogists - the president of this Association (Mr. Kaufmann) is specialized on the Hannover area. Click nn this map http://www.berufsgenealogie.net/english/karten.html on Hannover, then you will find 2 researches. Sincerely, Stefan Rückling Berlin, Germany