Nikki, You don't say if this is an Archive des Bistums or the Staatsarchiv. The first is the Catholic Church Archives and the second is the State Archive. Several years ago I was in Augsburg and went to both Archives there. The Catholic Church archive in Augsburg takes requests for look ups and you can email them in English. The State Archive was a little different. The Catholic archive did charge a fee. All the archives in Germany charge a fee to use there facilities. At the Archive des Bistums the fee was based partly on how many micro films you used. If you go to the Archives website you may find an English translation. If not right click on the web page in your browser and click on translate. Ann In a message dated 29-Oct-12 17:25:05 US Mountain Standard Time, nikkisbc@yahoo.com writes: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has dealt with this archives location in Bavaria before. I'd like to try and find a Catholic baptism record for a man born in Sandberg, Bavaria abt 1875/76 and from what I've been reading, it looks like the Archives in Wurzburg should have the church books for this parish on microfilm. They have a list of available parish church books on their website and Sandberg was listed so I'm keeping my fingers crossed here. Problem is, I don't speak German and I'm not familiar with how this archive does things so if anyone out there can read German and check out the site and let me know what I would need to do to try and get a record copy, or if they even do that, I would really appreciate it. Or even if there's someone out there who might be local and could possibly go to the Archives themselves and look it up, that would be great too. These records have not been filmed by the FHL and from what I've read, the only way to access them is the Archives in Wurzburg so any assistance with trying to track down the record would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you think you might be able to help, or know someone who might be able to assist, and I can forward along the website address and give further information as necessary. Thanks Very Much, Nikki LaRue The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message