Re: SCHNEIDER; DEU; 1837 If you check the sources on the IGI it will probably show that these were extracted records and will give you the film # from which they came, probably parish records. Order that film and you will be able to get them and their relatives living in the same parish. The IGI is only an index not the record itself you must go to the source in the Library Catalog to get the records. If it turns out not to be an extraction go the the Library Catalog and look for the records that have been filmed for Rosswein. The Ancestry File and the IGI are good for getting clues for where to look but remember neither of them are considered to be good sources they are road signs. To get to the source the Family History Library Catalog is the pot of gold, do not overlook it. Yes there is more work to doing one's own research but it is well worth the effort. The church records often (depending on the temperament of the man keeping them) have personal note about the entry which you will never find in indexes or abstractions. Celia R. S. Cooke wrote in message <7g45u0$kvi$1@bl-1.rootsweb.com>... >SCHNEIDER; DEU; 1837 > >My wife's great-grandfather Friederich Traugott Schneider was born in July >1837. According to the IGI he was baptized on 4 July 1837 in Rosswein, >Leipzig, Sachen. According to the IGI he married Sophia Mary Clajus on 17 >April 1864 in the same town. Frederick and Sophia, with sons William and >Otto, arrived in the United States in 1669 according the the US census. >According the the IGI Fredrich's father was Friederich Traugott Schneider. > >Does anyone have any ideas on how to confirn (or deny) this information? > >Thanks for any help provided. > >Richard Cooke >Bedford, Massachusetts >USA > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ > >"R. S. Cooke" <rs_cooke@excite.com> "CMitschelen" <cmitsch@ix.netcom.com>