Lola. Märwil is a neighboring town of Affeltrangen. (see the maps I sent you). Since your book is an "Inventory of towns and villages in Kanton Thurgau (TG) " and it speaks of the [72] Kirchgemeinden (church communities, aka parishes) , the word "Filiale" in this book may mean that Märwil at that time did not have a parish priest of its own, but shared a priest with the main church in Affeltrangen. A traveling preacher. As you can see, Tobel is also one of those villages mentioned. Hanneli BTW My St. Galler friend Walter in Vancouver BC just sent me this absolutely marvelous interactive Swiss Search Map website you might also profit from. It has many interesting features. http://www.search.ch/ http://map.search.ch/?x=1164&y=-1478&z=16 Click on "Schweizer Karte" on the right (Switzerland Map), then left click on the area. Left mouse increases, right mouse decreases. As you scroll the map in any direction and patiently wait a little, it keeps adding the surrounding places. It can even lead you to the very house you were born in. You can send the very map to someone [verschicken]. [Druckversion] means "printable version". Awesome. Thanks Walter ! Another useful feature is "Telephonbuch". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lola Weber" <hunter1@scattercreek.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: What is the meaning of this Evangelical church ?? > Does this mean it is located in Märwil? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Lola M Weber > > hunter1@scattercreek.com > > > > !INFOR: Verzeichnis der Ortschaften des Kantons Thurgau, 1943, FHL SLC > 949.459 E5v > > Gazateers p. 15 - Evangelische Kirchgemeinder (72) > > Affeltrangen mit der Fillale Märwil. > > ______________________________