This is a multi-part message in MIME format. If you can read this line, your email software does not support this format. --MyFaMiLyMiMeBoUnDaRy02292000 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There was a discussion of weaving and flax-growing on NIEDERSACHSEN-L a couple of years ago. It seems to have been a fairly popular cottage industry. I don't have specifics about the Trier region, but for those interested in the linen-making process, there's a nice description with illustrations here: http://www.hvm-krengerup.dk/gb/manuel_gb.htm . Also, in 2000, Uwe Weddige posted a detailed description of the process to the Niedersachsen list. It's in the archives here (German): http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/N/NIEDERSACHSEN+2000+11761560094+F I posted an English translation here: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/N/NIEDERSACHSEN+2000+11951597545+F Regards, Tracy Researching in and around Otzenhausen, Kr. Trier: WILHELM, DETAMPEL and allied families _____________________________________________________________________ Get your own family web site at at www.MyFamily.com! --MyFaMiLyMiMeBoUnDaRy02292000--