Hello,

I have been using the LDS records, maily the Civil Registration records, to trace my family roots through the Pfalz area. Recently I found my 2nd great-grandfathers, Jakob Grunewald's, birth, death and marriage records. On these records it lists a few key pieces of information on Jakob's mother, but I see that the LDS has limit or no records for the cities in which these documents refer to... thus I'm at a lost on what I can do to trace my roots from this point futher....?

On Jakob's marriage registration it says that his mother, Elisabetha (Dina) Grunewald died in Sippersfeld on 7 Sep 1863. I looked on the LDS website and they have no death records for Sippersfeld.

Also I recieved information from the Mehlingen government that her birth record should be found in Münchweiler around 1808-1809. Again the LDS website doesn't have birth records for Münchweiler and is unclear on which Münchweiler is which, as there are several of them. I assume I'm looking for Münchweiler an der Alsenz, as it's near Sippersfeld.

Both cities, Sippersfeld and Münchweiler are towns of municipalities of Winnweiler. Would I find the records here?

If not, does anyone have suggestions on how I can track down these records?

Are there paid services to have someone obtain these records in Germany for me?

Thank you,
David