"With all the questions about names. I have a relative whose name is Salome Schworm.She should be from around Gauersheim, but I have not been able to find it. It seems that I have read somewhere, that Sarah is a short for Salome. Is that true? In that way I could search for Sarah as well." Marianne, I have a Saloma (from northern Alsace--not too far removed) who went by Sallie. My baby name book doesn't show Sallie as a short form of Saloma (just for Sarah), but it obviously worked for her. I'd suggest looking for all 3. My ggfather showed up on various census records as Carl/Karl/Charles, so you never can tell. Chris cvhbauman@juno.com