Historical Background:

History of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric the Great and the Arian Heresy   (please be patient, slow to download)

The Eifel District

Maps:

The Eifel
Retterath area
Daun - Meyen area

Retterath church records: (These are large files and will take several minutes to download)

A reproduction of the first page of records which begin in 1734.

Births and baptisms   (1734 - 1770)
Marriages                   (1734 -1770)
Burials                       (1734 -1770)

Diederich families in the Retterath church records

St. Mary's Catholic Church in America:

St. Mary's Catholic Church, De Pere, Wisconsin Parish History