This maps shows well the location of the old family villages near the ancient Imperial City of Augsburg. Villages where our family lived are highlighted in orange with the Helfers clustered around their ancestral village of Bach. 

My Bayerls lived in Affing and before that in Edenried.  There are many Bayerls in Gundelsdorf but I do not yet know where the Bayerls of Edenried came from.

The region of interest sits on highlands adjacent to the broad plain of the River Lech.  The Lech flows north to the Danube.  A satellite photograph and a terrain map of our little valley are also presented.