Frank Kuhn. wrote: >The following names are prominent in my family genealogy: >WILHELM, SCHMIT,KIEFFER, HOLL/HOELL, MOOR, LAUCK, SPANIOL, >URHAN/URHAHN, HEIMBACH, HERGARD, PHILIPPI, OFFERMAN/OPFERMANN, >BECKERS. Frank; A number of Spaniols married into my Ardner family and I found the St. Stephan Catholic Church parish records in Illingen. I ordered the microfilmed parish records for the church through the Mormons and a local Family History Library. I did not research the people you had your query so I have nothing to pass on to you but some advice. Te people you seek are probably in the parish records of St. Stephan or in the parish records of St. Josef Catholic Church in nearby Uchtelfangen. There are hundreds of Spaniol entries in those records; births, baptisms, deaths, confirmations, marriages, and witnesses at baptisms and marriages. I presume that you know that the Spaniols originated in Luxembourg and came to Germany during the Thirty Years War. If not, I have (in German) a short narrative of the historical wanderings of that family as published by a team of German genealogists. I will gladly scan it and send you a copy. I also have some pretty good color photos that I took of St. Stephan and St. Josef churches last fall. St. Stephan dates back to the 13th century, and St. Joseph is huge and almost looks like a cathederal. Both are very interesting. I will be glad to scan and send copies if they are of interest. I send the same offer to any other reader of this list. Vincent Falter