Don, You have your easr and west mixed up! I have motored thru this small village in Alsace and it is WEST of Karlsruhe not east. It is spelled WISSEMBOURG not Weissembourg ( no "I" in the spelling). Don't mean to be nitpicking but let's get this lady looking in the right direction... Jim Bollinger At 02:19 PM 02/25/1999 -0600, Don Hickman wrote: >> Does anyone know if there is such a town in Germany? Family lore >> indicates my orginal Whipkey ancestor came from Weissembourg, >> Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. Have searched several German and Luxembourg web sites, can't fnd it, obviously, the spelling may not be correct. >> Any help appreciated. > >The area you are speaking of is now a part of France so you are searching in the wrong countries. It is just east of Karlsruhe, Germany but is just inside the French border in the district of Bas-Rhin, Alsace. This area has a history of bouncing between France and Germany due to the wars. > >Don Hickman > > > >==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the >Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >