Re: Brick Wall in Locating Ancestor's Town of Origin

Posted by Mike Thumm on
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Hi Bob,

Thanks for your advice and suggestions.  Regarding the St. Nicholas RCC record, I did circle back to that.  Although I was not able to view the marriage record personally or get a copy of it, I eventually got a much better transcription. Unfortunately it just seems that Elisabeth Spring's place of birth was not listed in the marriage record, although that of her husband was.  I do know that John Bilz and Elisabeth Spring had several children baptized at St. Nicholas.  Do you know if the baptismal records for the children might show the birthplaces of the parents?  I guess it couldn't hurt to write the church again.