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Ottenbach:Film 2060954  Baptisms, marriages, deaths, 1540-1738, 1740-1780

Film: 008126955
Directory of Foreign Citizens 1720-1805
Household sled (1795) 1715-1804
Directory of community members (1754) 1684-1848
Household sled (1742) 1658-1776
Household sled (1733) 1650-1740
Household sled (1695) 1614-1712
Household sled 1670 dead,
Marriages 1866-1875 (backwards)
Confirmations, baptisms 1865-1875 (backwards)
Deaths (non-citizens) 1830-1864 (backwards)
Baptisms (non-citizens) 1829-1864

The first section from 1540-1623 has only  2 pages of deaths.
Page 1 1616-1621
Page 2 1621-1623

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Here is a list of the burials in this, the second section, in the order on the film:

1650-6
1651-6
1652-4
1653-4
1654-4
1655-3
1623-7
1624-10
1625-12
1626-9
1627-6
1628-66
1629-12
1630-5
1631-5
1623-6
1633-4
1634-5
1636-1
1642-5
1643-3
1645-2
1646-2
1647-5


Do you think you can have a year when only 2 people die? No way. 
Is there a plague in 1628?
Thoughts? If your ancestor died in 1636 you are out of luck.