Beth,
Don Meyer looked at the automatically rejected attachments and told me
one you asked about was Leibzucht.
To explain. Before the days of Social Security and 'Democrats', the
old folks were taken care of by their children. 
The word signifies a living place on the farm where the old folks
lived and did what they could to help out. They would have had a small
plot of land to raise some veggies but not much else. For the most
part it was a pretty miserable existence as it may have been a stable
or other such extra building on the farm but it was a roof over their
heads. I don't know the exact etymology of the word but it had to do
with the maintenance of life. The word as used in documents is usually
associated with the farm where the Leibzucht existed.
Fred
I have found the baptism records for my 2nd great-grandparents in 1823
and
1827 on the Damme tape from the LDS. Does anyone know the name of the
Catholic church? Could it be St. Victor, or would there have been
another church in the 1820s? Both were baptized in the same church and
the LDS tape is the Germany, Oldenburg, Damme - Church Records tape number
909912.
Thanks for your help. I will be in Germany beginning September 22 and
wish to visit the places where my ancestors lived and the churches they
attended.