These databases are for free search until Oct. 13. bj Today's featured map is: The German "Zollverein" (Customs-Union), 1834-1866 To view this map, go to: <http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=88> ============================================================ GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ October 6th has been designated as "German American Day" in the United States, and from the middle of September to the middle of October we celebrate German American Heritage Month. In recognition of the many German Americans who settled in North America and have helped to shape this country, Ancestry.com is providing the following databases free between October 6th and October 13th. ~ Finding Your German Ancestors ~ Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, all 7 vols ~Pennsylvania German Pioneers ~ Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance ~ Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2 ~ Early Germans of New Jersey ~ New Jersey German Reformed Church Records, 1763-1802 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Deaths, 1683-1793 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1769-1788 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1824-1849 ~ Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1693-1920 ~ Kapsweyer, Germany Baptism Records, 1879-1902 To search these databases, go to: <http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/german.htm>