Hello everyone, I am working on my German roots in my Dutch family, and have hit some brick walls, so I am asking a few questions, this is one of them.
Zell im Wiesental belonged to Vorderösterreich until 1805 and that was predominantly catholic. I would contact the catholic parish to find out where records are kept: Seelsorgeeinheit Zell im Wiesental, email info@kath-zelliw.de
Dieter, I think these are FamilySearch person identifiers. For example, M8CS-63K is at
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M8CS-63K