This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Schmidt, Bock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/27074.1.1 Message Board Post: Ingelore, Thank you for taking the time to reply! Is the Beilstein that you mention on the Mosel near Koblenz? That is the village from which the John Smith/Johannes Schmidt family imigrated. I have seen a microfilm of the church records, but was not able to translate parts of the information that it contained. Thank you again for your kindness. Cordially, Blue